Loch Arthur
Loch Arthur is a lake in the council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland near the village of Beeswing. Loch Arthur lies to the east of the village of Beeswing and has been claimed as the setting for the Arthurian story of the Lady of the Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, outflows west via a watercourse to Kirkgunzeon Lane
- Also known as: “Lochend Loch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drumcoltran Tower and Lochaber Loch.
Drumcoltran Tower
Castle
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumcoltran Tower is a late-16th-century tower house situated in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire near Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway. Like other towers in the area, Drumcoltran was built by a branch of the Maxwell family around 1570 but passed with the estate to the Irvings in 1668. Drumcoltran Tower is situated 2 miles west of Loch Arthur.
Lochaber Loch
Photo: Andy Connor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochaber Loch is a small, lowland freshwater loch that lies among steep-sided hills, approximately 4.5 mi to the west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch is somewhat triangular in shape and is 0.5 mi long and 0.25 mi at its widest point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Abbey and Troqueer.
New Abbey
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 4 miles southeast of Loch Arthur.
Troqueer
Suburb
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troqueer is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway on the west side of the River Nith. The eastern-side was merged with Dumfries to the east in 1929, and today eastern Troqueer is a suburb of Dumfries. Troqueer is situated 6 miles northeast of Loch Arthur.
Maxwelltown
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Maxwelltown is situated 6 miles northeast of Loch Arthur.
Loch Arthur
- Category: lake
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.0025° or 55° 0′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.71442° or 3° 42′ 52″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
9C7R272P+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 43964148OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Arthur” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Arthur”
- Swedish: “Loch Arthur”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Crannog and Loch Arthur Plantations.
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