Loch of Clunie
Freshwater loch
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Loch of Clunie is a small freshwater loch two miles (three kilometres) west of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.[1][2][3]
| Loch of Clunie | |
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Loch of Clunie. The island on the right (which is thought to be man made) contains the ruins of Clunie Castle. | |
  Loch of Clunie | |
| Location | NO063781 |
| Coordinates | 56.5810°N 3.4436°W |
| Type | freshwater loch |
| Primary inflows | Lunan Burn from Loch of Butterstone |
| Primary outflows | Lunan Burn into Loch of Drumellie |
| Max. length | 410 m (1,350 ft)[1] |
| Max. width | 205 m (673 ft)[1] |
| Surface area | 50.6 ha (125 acres)[2] |
| Average depth | 8.8 m (29 ft)[1] |
| Max. depth | 21 m (69 ft)[1] |
| Water volume | 4,821,400 m3 (170,265,000 ft3)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 47 m (154 ft)[2] |
| Max. temperature | 16.8 °C (62.3 °F) |
| Min. temperature | 8.4 °C (47.2 °F) |
| Islands | 1 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Clunie Castle
The Loch of Clunie has a single island, said to be artificial, with the remains of Clunie Castle.[4][5] The house was designed as a simple L-plan tower house and built by George Brown, Bishop of Dunkeld, between 1485 and 1514 as a spiritual retreat.[4] A chapel was dedicated to St Catherine in the house in 1507.[4] The island is surrounded by a dry-stone wall and there is a well designed pier at the south-end, constructed in 1512–1513.[4] The house was burnt down and restored at the end of the 18th Century.[4] It is now a ruin as the roof collapsed in 1989.
