Kirriereoch Loch

Kirriereoch Loch is a small, shallow, square shaped, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 12 mi (19 km) north of the town of Newton Stewart.^[1] It is a part of the Wood of Cree Nature Preserve system^[3][4]

Kirriereoch loch
Kirriereoch loch
Location	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates	55°08′48″N 4°34′04″W
Type	freshwater loch
Primary outflows	Kirriemore burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.25 mi (0.40 km)[1]
Max. width	0.2 mi (0.32 km)[1]
Surface area	6.9 ha (17 acres)[2]
Average depth	7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. depth	15 ft (4.6 m)[1]
Water volume	5,000,000 cu ft (140,000 m3)[1]
Shore length1	1.2 km (0.75 mi)[2]
Surface elevation	212 m (696 ft)[2]
Islands	0 [2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The loch is stocked with brown trout with wild brown trout also being present. The Newton Stewart Angling Association manage fishing on the loch.^[5]

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted ^[6] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

1. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
2. "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. Kitson, Matt. "Kirriereoch Loch". Newton Stewart Angling Association. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
4. "Wood of Cree". The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
5. Bruce Sandison (15 February 2011). Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide. Black & White Publishing Limited. pp. 933–. ISBN 978-1-84502-520-5.
6. "Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.