Loch of Boardhouse

Loch of Boardhouse
Boardhouse loch
Loch of Boardhouse
Coordinates 59°6′42″N 3°16′35″W / 59.11167°N 3.27639°W / 59.11167; -3.27639Coordinates: 59°6′42″N 3°16′35″W / 59.11167°N 3.27639°W / 59.11167; -3.27639
Type Freshwater loch
Primary inflows Burn of Kirbuster [1]
Primary outflows Burn of Boardhouse[2]
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 2 mi (3.2 km)[1]
Max. width 0.66 mi (1.06 km)[1]
Surface area 1 sq mi (2.6 km2)[1]
Average depth 2 m (6.6 ft)[3]
Max. depth 3.2 m (10 ft)[3]
Water volume 150,000,000 cu ft (4,200,000 m3)[1]
Surface elevation 15 m (49 ft)[3]

The Loch of Boardhouse is a freshwater loch in the parish of Birsay in the north west of the mainland of Orkney. It acts as a reservoir for public water supply and is popular for trout fishing.[4] Nearby are the Loch of Hundland and the Loch of Swannay.

The loch was surveyed[1] in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted[5] as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of Orkney". http://www.nls.uk/. Retrieved 2013-07-27. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ "Gazetteer for Scotland". http://www.scottish-places.info/. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-27. External link in |website= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 "Macrophyte survey of the Loch of Boardhouse, Orkney" (PDF). http://www.snh.org.uk/. Scottish Natural Heritage. 2004. Retrieved 2013-07-27. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "The Lochs of Orkney". http://www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk/. Orkney Trout Fishing. Retrieved 2013-10-26. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "View: Lochs of Boardhouse, Hundland and Swannay - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  6. ↑ Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh.
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