Crosshill Loch

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Crosshill Loch
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Crosshill Loch
Location Campbeltown, Scotland
Coordinates 55°24′49″N5°36′35″W / 55.4135°N 5.6096°W / 55.4135; -5.6096 Coordinates: 55°24′49″N5°36′35″W / 55.4135°N 5.6096°W / 55.4135; -5.6096
grid reference NR71771921
Type Reservoir
Basin  countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Surface area78,300 m2 (843,000 sq ft)
Water volume172,000 m3 (139 acre⋅ft)

Crosshill Loch is an impounding reservoir, located 1 kilometre south of the centre of Campbeltown, and is the source of water for the town's Whisky Distilleries: Springbank, Glengyle and Glen Scotia. [1] The earthen dam is 14.3 metres high. Records show the dam was constructed prior to 1868.

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