Loch Skeen
Loch Skeen is a large mountain tarn in the very northernmost corner of Dumfriesshire. It lies amongst the Southern Uplands about 10 miles northeast of Moffat, just below the watershed ridges which here marks the county boundary with Ayrshire: the northernmost point of the Dumfriesshire on Lochcraig Head is just 77 yards north of the loch. The loch is some 1,300 yards long.
The loch is very close to the north-south watershed but still fed by a series of short burns off the slopes above, from Firthybrig Head. From the foot of the loch at ots southern end emerges the Tail Burn, which less than a mile below tumbles down over the Grey Mare's Tail, a waterfall 200 feet high.
About the loch
The area around Loch Skeen is popular with hikers, and the Daily Telegraph included Loch Skeen in a list of Britain's finest one-day and half-day walks.[1]
Outside links
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- Map: 55.4333 -3.317
- Loch Skeen, Gazetteer for Scotland
References
- ↑ "Britain's finest half-day and day walks: 18. Loch Skeen and White Coomb". Daily Telegraph (London). 25 September 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/6231584/Britains-finest-half-day-and-day-walks-with-maps.html?image=17.