Lochinvar

Lochinvar
the nor'wast shore o Lochinvar
Location	Dumfries an Gallowa
Coordinates	55°08′34″N 4°06′21″W / 55.14278°N 4.10583°W / 55.14278; -4.10583Coordinates: 55°08′34″N 4°06′21″W / 55.14278°N 4.10583°W / 55.14278; -4.10583
Teep	pownd
Primar ootflows	Lochinvar Burn intae Watter o Ken
39.3 ha (97 acre)[1]
Shore lenth1	3.8 km (2.4 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	226 m (741 ft)[1]
References	[1]
1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur.

Lochinvar (or Lan Var) is a loch in the ceevil pairish o Dalry in the historic coonty o Kirkcoubrieshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is locatit in the Gallowa Hills, aboot 3.5 mile nor'east o St John's Toun o Dalry. The loch umwhile haed an island that Lochinvar Castle, the seat o the Gordon faimily, stuid on. In the 20t century the loch wis teppit tae form a pownd, raisin the watter level an drounin the island wi the ruins o the castle. The loch is uised for troot fishin.^[2]

The name Lochinvar is fae the Scots Gaelic Loch a bharra (aulder Scots Gaelic Loch an bharra, the genitive o barr = summit) meanin "Loch on the hillheid". Tharefore it is stresst on the last syllable, no like Lochinver.

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} "UKLakes.net". Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 10 Juin 2020.
2. ↑ "Lochinvar Reservoir (Trout Fishing)". visitsouthernscotland.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 25 Mey 2012.