Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway

Castle Loch
Location	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates	54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W / 54.8495; -4.67030Coordinates: 54°50′58″N 4°40′13″W / 54.8495°N 4.67030°W / 54.8495; -4.67030
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	several small burns
Primary outflows	Castle Loch burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.25 mi (2.01 km)[1]
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)[1]
Surface area	92.5 ha (229 acres)[2]
Average depth	6.5 ft (2.0 m)[1]
Max. depth	11 ft (3.4 m)[1]
Water volume	65,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m3)[1]
Shore length1	6.4 km (4.0 mi)[2]
Surface elevation	85 m (279 ft)[2]
Islands	2 islets[2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Castle Loch is a large, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies to the west of Mochrum Loch and about 9 mi (14 km) west of the town of Wigtown.^[1] The loch has 2 islets.

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted ^[3] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

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