Portmore Loch
Portmore Loch is a lake in Scotland, United Kingdom. Portmore Loch is situated nearby to the locality Earlypier, as well as near Earlyvale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake dammed as reservoir in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, on Loch Burn
- Also known as: “Portmore Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Northshield Rings and Dundreich.
Northshield Rings
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northshield Rings is a prehistoric site, a hillfort near the village of Eddleston and about 6 miles north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Scheduled Monument.
Dundreich
Peak
Dundreich is a hill in the Moorfoot Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Its close proximity to Edinburgh allows for an almost unimpeded view towards the city, as well as into the Pentland Hills and surrounding counties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eddleston and Lamancha.
Eddleston
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eddleston is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies 4 miles north of Peebles and 9 miles south of Penicuik on the A703, which passes through the centre of the village. Eddleston is situated 2 miles southwest of Portmore Loch.
Lamancha
Locality
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamancha is a locality, which is situated 4 miles west of Portmore Loch.
Peebles
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peebles is a town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.
Portmore Loch
- Categories: lake and reservoir
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.73967° or 55° 44′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.18° or 3° 10′ 48″ westElevation
1,129 feet (344 metres)Open location code
9C7RPRQC+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 55144823OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Portmore Loch from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Portmore Loch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Portmore Loch”
- German: “Portmore Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Portmore Loch”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Earlypier and Earlyvale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Camps and Fala Steel.
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