Loch Fithie

Loch Fithie
Loch Fithie is located in Angus
Loch Fithie
Loch Fithie
Location within Angus
LocationAngus, Scotland
Coordinates56°39′4″N 2°50′1″W / 56.65111°N 2.83361°W / 56.65111; -2.83361
Typefreshwater loch
on the eastern shore
no outflow
Basin countriesScotland
Max. length1.6 km (1 mi)
Max. width140 m (150 yd)
Surface area
7.1 ha (18 acres)
Average depth
2.3 m (7.5 ft)
Max. depth4.9 m (16 ft)
Water volume
200,000 m3 (7,000,000 ft3)
Shore length1
1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Surface elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Islands0
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Fithie is a small, lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Forfar, Scotland. It is approximately 800 m (2,600 ft) in length.

Survey

The loch was surveyed on 30 June 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

History

To the northwest of the loch are the remains of the Augustinian Restenneth Priory. In 1954, a stone axe head was found during excavations of a gravel ridge at the loch.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Loch Fithie". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Lunan Basin". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lochs Fithie, Rescobie and Balgavies (Vol. 5, Plate 51) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Restenneth Priory (Scheduled Monument SM90246)". Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Loch Fithie (Site no. NO45SE 34)". Retrieved 2 July 2025.