Loch Dornal

Loch Dornal
Location	Strathclyde, Scotland
Coordinates	55°03′02″N 4°40′29″W / 55.05056°N 4.67472°WCoordinates: 55°03′02″N 4°40′29″W / 55.05056°N 4.67472°W
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	Corwar burn
Primary outflows	Carrick burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.66 mi (1.06 km)[1]
Max. width	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[1]
Surface area	43.8 ha (108 acres)[2]
Average depth	5 ft (1.5 m)[1]
Max. depth	10 ft (3.0 m)[1]
Water volume	26,000,000 cu ft (740,000 m^3)[1]
Shore length^1	4.9 km (3.0 mi)[2]
Surface elevation	118 m (387 ft)[2]
Islands	several islets [2]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Dornal is an irregular shaped, shallow, freshwater loch in Strathclyde, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 8 mi (13 km) northwest of the town of Newton Stewart.^[1]

There are several islets in the loch some of which contain archaeological features.^[3]

The loch is stocked with rainbow trout and fishing is permitted with permission from Drumlamford Estate.^[4]

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted ^[5] 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 13 September 2015.
2. "Loch Dornal". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
3. "Loch Dornal". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
4. 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.
5. "Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 13 September 2015.