Carlinwark Loch | |
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Coordinates | 54°55′48″N 3°56′1″W / 54.93000°N 3.93361°WCoordinates: 54°55′48″N 3°56′1″W / 54.93000°N 3.93361°W |
Teep | freshwatter loch |
Primary inflows | Gelston burn[1] |
Primar ootflows | Carlinwark Lane[2] |
Catchment area | 13.05 km2 (5.04 sq mi) |
Basin kintras | Scotland |
Max. lenth | .075 mi (0.121 km)[2] |
Max. weenth | 0.33 mi (0.53 km)[2] |
Average deepth | 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] |
Max. deepth | 17 ft (5.2 m)[2] |
3,100,000 cu ft (88,000 m3)[2] | |
Surface elevation | 143 ft (44 m)[2] |
Carlinwark Loch is a smaw freshwatter loch in the historical coonty o Kirkcoubrieshire, in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It lies juist sooth o Castle Douglas an is a roch rectangle in shape, trendin noorth an sooth. The name o the loch comes fae the Scots Gaelic wird caer meanin 'fort' an the Auld Scots wird meanin 'wark'.[3] Thare is fower artifeecial islets in the loch shawin evidence o fortification an sattlement - Ash Island is thocht tae be a crannog. Several archaeological findins hae been rekivert fae the loch includin a bronze caudron, a swuird, a pan, an twa dugoot canoes.[4]
Carlinwark Lane Canal is a 1.5 mile canal that appent atween the loch an the River Dee in 1765. It remeent in uiss until its abandonment in aboot 1840, allouin flet-bottomt boats tae transport shell-marl tae farms alang the route.[5]
Thare is a 3.26 mile lang fitpad aroond the loch an it is faur ben for birdwatchin an fishin. As o 5 Mairch 2012 the loch an the laund aroond it haes been cried as a Site o Speicial Scienteefic Interest (SSSI) on accoont o its varied birdlife an gressland.[6]
In 1903 the loch wis vizzied[2] bi E.R. Watson an later chairtit[7] as a pairt o The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.[8]
In 2009 an aeratin funtain wis instawed at a cost o £10,000 tae ettle at forfendin the accress o blue-green algae. The fondin wis providit bi the South West Scotland Environmental Action Trust.[9] The instawin o the funtain was a pairt o a wider development o the Carlingwark Outdoor Activity Centre bi Dumfries an Gallowa Cooncil.[10] Houiver, forder resairch shawed that, acause o the relative shallae deepth o the loch, the funtain is uneffectual an its uiss wisna conteenaed. Baurley-strae, addit twice a year, haes been uised gey graithly up tae 2019 tae reduce the levels o blue-green algae.
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