Freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirriereoch Loch is a small, shallow, square shaped, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 12 mi (19 km) north of the town of Newton Stewart.[1] It is a part of the Wood of Cree Nature Preserve system[3][4]
The loch is stocked with brown trout with wild brown trout also being present. The Newton Stewart Angling Association manage fishing on the loch.[5]
Survey
The loch was surveyed[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [6] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "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 16 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Kirriereoch Loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Kitson, Matt. "Kirriereoch Loch". Newton Stewart Angling Association. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Wood of Cree". The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.