Loch Dochart

Loch Dochart
Location	Stirling, Scotland
Coordinates	56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°WCoordinates: 56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°W
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	River Fillan
Primary outflows	River Dochart
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.66 mi (1.06 km)[1]
Max. width	0.16 mi (0.26 km)[1]
Surface area	46 acres (19 ha)[1]
Average depth	5 ft (1.5 m)[1]
Max. depth	11 ft (3.4 m)[1]
Water volume	10,032,000 cu ft (284,100 m^3)[1]
Surface elevation	513 ft (156 m)[1]
Islands	1 islet

Loch Dochart is a small loch on the Lochdochart Estate in Stirling, Scotland. It lies approximately 1.7 km (1.1 mi) to the east of the town of Crianlarich at the foot of Ben More.^[1] There is a small wooded island in the middle of the loch on which stands the ruins of a castle originally built by Sir Duncan Campbell between 1583 and 1631.^[2]

The loch was surveyed^[1] on 11 May 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Parsons and later charted ^[3] as part of Sir John Murray's The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.^[4]

References

1. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Tay Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
2. "Loch Dochart Castle". www.canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Canmore. 29 June 1962. Retrieved 2014-08-20..
3. "Lochs Dochart & Iubhair (Vol. 3, Plate 20) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". www.nls.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
4. Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh.