Loch Arthur
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| Loch Arthur | |
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 Loch Arthur | |
  Loch Arthur | |
| Location | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°00′09″N 3°42′52″W / 55.00249863°N 3.71441153°W |
| Surface area | 29 hectares (72 acres) |
| Max. depth | 15.2 metres (50 ft) |
| Water volume | 2,255,968 cubic metres (79,668,800 cu ft) |
| Shore length1 | 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 78 metres (256 ft) |
| References | https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/loch-arthur-dumfries-and-galloway |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Loch Arthur (also known as Loch Lotus) is a lake in the council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland near the village of Beeswing.[1]
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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.[5]
The loch contains just one prehistoric lake dwelling (crannog), located on the northern shore. Small-scale underwater excavations were carried out in 2004 demonstrating the main timber mound of the crannog dates to the second half of the first millennium BC and was then re-occupied in the later medieval period.[6] A large logboat with an animals-head prow and a possible paddle have been found on the opposite shore.[7]
Loch Arthur Camphill Community is a farm near the loch where people with disabilities, volunteers and staff produce organic cheese, butter and other foods.[8][9][10]
