Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Castle Loch

Castle Loch, small loch, in par. and adjacent to Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire. Its waters contain ten kinds of fish, including the vendace. Near its shores are the ruins of Lochmaben Castle, and the site of the original castle of the Bruces, in which King Robert Bruce was born, 1274.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small loch"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Lochmaben ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty

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