Asgog Loch
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Asgog Loch | |
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![]() Asgog Castle and Loch. | |
Location | Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
Coordinates | 55°53′03″N 5°16′57″W / 55.884162°N 5.2824952°W, grid reference NR94807054 |
Type | Freshwater Loch and Reservoir. |
Basin countries | Scotland, United Kingdom. |
Max. length | 2,285 feet (696 m) |
Max. width | 1,235 feet (376 m) |
Surface area | 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft)[1] |
Water volume | 450,000 m3 (360 acre⋅ft)[1] |
Asgog Loch is a natural freshwater loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Tighnabruaich, on the Cowal Peninsula. The loch was dammed during the 19th century to create an impounding reservoir for the supply of freshwater to the Low Mills of the nearby gunpowder mills at Millhouse (the Kames Powder Works).[2]
The remains of three crannogs, or artificial islands, have been observed within the loch on occasions when the water level has been lowered.[3][4] Asgog Castle stands on the northwest shore of the loch.
See also
Sources
- ^ a b ""Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2013.
- ^ Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments: Volume 7: Mid Argyll & Cowal. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 1992. p. 494. ISBN 0-11-494094-0.
- ^ RCAHMS, pp. 23, 538 (n. 65)
- ^ Munro, Robert (1892–93). "Notes of Crannogs or Lake Dwellings recently discovered in Argyllshire". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 27: 210–211.
External links
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