Knockruan Loch

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Knockruan Loch
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Knockruan Loch
Location Campbeltown, Scotland
Coordinates 55°26′44″N5°35′13″W / 55.4456°N 5.5870°W / 55.4456; -5.5870
grid reference NR73402267
Type Reservoir
Basin  countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Surface area51,970 m2 (559,400 sq ft)
Water volume104,000 m3 (84 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation117 m (384 ft)

Knockruan Loch is a reservoir of the impounding variety, located 2.5 kilometres north of Campbeltown, Scotland, and is one of three lochs supplying water to the town. [1] The earthfill dam is 1.82 metres high and was completed in 1931.

See also

Sources

  1. "Knockruan Loch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


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