Aucha Lochy

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Aucha Lochy
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Aucha Lochy
Location Campbeltown, Scotland
Coordinates 55°26′39″N5°35′47″W / 55.4443°N 5.5964°W / 55.4443; -5.5964
Type Reservoir (earth embankment dam)
Primary outflows Auchalochy Burn
Basin  countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Surface area117,400 m2 (1,264,000 sq ft)
Water volume463,000 m3 (375 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation97 m (318 ft)

Aucha Lochy is an impounding reservoir, situated 1 km to the north/north east of Campbeltown and is the main source of freshwater for the town. [1] The loch is also fished by Kintyre Angling Club. The earth fill dam was completed in 1905 and has a height of 8.8 metres.

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