Loch Of Kirbister
The Loch of Kirbister is a small, shallow, somewhat triangular-shaped loch located on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Orphir. It lies 5 mi (8.0 km) southwest of Kirkwall on cultivated land between two hills. There is a small (37 m (121 ft) by 19 m (62 ft)) turf-covered islet known as the Groundwater of Holm just off the eastern shore of the loch. The islet exhibits stone traces of an oval structure and a small projecting pier. The loch is a popular spot for trout fishing, and the Orkney Trout Fishing Association operates a hatchery at the Kirbister pumphouse located on the edge of the loch.
Mill Burn, the southern outflow from the loch, was used to power the 18th-century Kirbister Mill.
The loch was surveyed in 1903 by T.N. Johnston and R.C. Marshall and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
References
- ^ "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of Orkney". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Loch of Kirbister - Groundwater of Holm". Canmore. RCAHMS. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "New trout hatchery at Kirbister". Orkney Trout Fishing Association. OTFA. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Kirbister Mill". Canmore. RCAHMS. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Muckle & Peerie Waters; Loch of Isbister; Loch of Sabiston; Loch of Kirbister; Loch of Tankerness (Vol. 6, Plates 91 & 92) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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