Loch Shurrery
Loch Shurrery (also known as Loch Shurrey) is a small, shallow, lowland freshwater loch in Caithness, lying approximately eight miles south-west of Thurso, in the Flow Country.
The loch is a mile and a quarter long and half a mile wide, with an average depth of just 4½ feet, and a maximum depth of 7 feet.[1] It covers 246 acres[2] and contains about 270 million gallons of water.[1]
The Forss Water has its source in the loch, and from here flows northwards to the sea.
The loch has a somewhat elliptical shape. It was surveyed[1] on 6 October 1902 by John Parsons and T.R.H. Garrett and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
There is a dam at the north end of the loch.
Archaeology and fishing
Approximately 200 yards from the northern end of the loch are the archaeological remains of an Iron Age hut circle with a medium-sized oval house. Some pottery was found at the site.[3] At the southern end of the loch is 'Lambsdale Leans', a cairn with possible cist or chamber. Two Viking graves lie nearby.[4]
The loch is used for fishing and the 'Dounreay Fly Fishing Association' keeps a boat on the loch for members and visitors.[5]
Outside links
- Location map: 58°28’39"N, 3°38’24"W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Forss Basin (NLS)
- ↑ Loch Shurrey – British Lakes
- ↑ Later Prehistoric house and Early Mediæval buildings in Northern Scotland: Excavations at Loch Shurrery and Lambsdale Leans, Caithness, 1955 (MacLaren, Alistair; 1955) Archaeology Data Service
- ↑ CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Lambsdale
- ↑ Loch Shurrery - Dounreay Fly Fishing Association
