Loch Arthur
Loch Arthur
Loch Arthur
Loch Arthur is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Loch Arthur
Loch Arthur
LocationDumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates55°00′09″N 3°42′52″W / 55.00249863°N 3.71441153°W / 55.00249863; -3.71441153
Surface area29 hectares (72 acres)
Max. depth15.2 metres (50 ft)
Water volume2,255,968 cubic metres (79,668,800 cu ft)
Shore length13 kilometres (1.9 mi)
Surface elevation78 metres (256 ft)
Referenceshttps://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/loch-arthur-dumfries-and-galloway
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.


Loch Arthur (also known as Loch Lotus) is a lake in the council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland near the village of Beeswing.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Loch Arthur lies to the east of the village of Beeswing and has been claimed as the setting for the Arthurian story of the Lady of the Lake.[5]

Prehistoric lake dwellings (crannogs) were formerly on this lake. A logboat and possible paddle have been found.[6]

Loch Arthur Camphill Community is a farm near the loch where people with disabilities, volunteers and staff produce organic cheese, butter and other foods.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Loch Arthur". Ordnance Survey.
  2. ↑ "Details about a UK lake". UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology: UK Lakes Portal. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Loch Arthur from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Royal Haskoning (2015). "Recommendations on the management of standing water features in unfavourable condition due to nutrient enrichment" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 443. These are Auchenreoch Loch, which is a similar size to Milton Loch and lies around 1 km to the west, and Lochrutton Loch, Lochaber Loch and Loch Arthur, which are all slightly smaller than Milton Loch and are located around 5 km to the east and northeast.
  5. ↑ "King Arthur". Fact Fiction and Conjecture. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Loch Arthur (65470)". Canmore.
  7. ↑ Liptrott, Sharon (9 July 2019). "Loch Arthur hosts artisan cheesemakers". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Boni, Katharina (6 September 2020). ""Einfach mal weg von zu Hause"". Nachrichten der Ortenau - Offenburger Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  9. ↑ McNair, Andrew (2 September 2016). "Euro exit sparks concerns at award-winning Dumfries and Galloway project for disabled people". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  • Robert Munro: Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England 1882
  • Nicholas Dixon: The history of crannog survey and excavation in Scotland 2007
  • Ian Morrison: Landscape with lake dwellings: the crannogs of Scotland Edinburgh University Press 1986 ISBN 085224522X
  • Robert J. C. Mowat: The logboats of Scotland, with notes on related artefact types, Oxbow Monograph series, No. 68. Oxford. 1996, S. 78–9
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