Black Loch

Black Loch is a lake in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Black Loch is situated nearby to the village Leswalt, as well as near the locality Glengyre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lochnaw Castle and Leswalt, Old Parish Church.

Lochnaw Castle

Castle

Photo: Richard Paxman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochnaw Castle is a 16th-century tower house five miles from the town of Stranraer, in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Scotland. The central square tower, five storeys high, formed part of the new castle.

Leswalt, Old Parish Church

Church

Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Leswalt Church Graveyard

Cemetery

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Leswalt Church Graveyard is a cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stranraer and Leswalt.

Stranraer

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stranraer is a town in Dumfries and Galloway near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a port with ferries to Northern Ireland, though nowadays these all sail from Cairnryan a few miles north.

Leswalt

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies between Portpatrick and Stranraer in the Rhins of Galloway, part of the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish covers around 8 square miles.

Ervie

Village

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ervie - or in Scottish Gaelic: An Eirbhe - is a hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the Rhins of Galloway, just outside Stranraer.

Black Loch

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.9266° or 54° 55′ 36″ north

Longitude

-5.1202° or 5° 7′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C6PWVGH+MW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 377170778

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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