A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Enoch, a desolate granite-bound loch of Minnigaff parish, NW Kirkcudbrightshire, on the Ayrshire border, 5¾ miles SSW of the head of Loch Doon. With a very irregular outline, it is 6½ furlongs long and from 2 to 4½ furlongs wide, lies 1650 feet above sea-level, contains three islets, and communicates with Loch Doon by Eagton and Gala Lanes. Its waters teem with fine red-fleshed trout, averaging ¼ lb. ` Loch Enoch, ' says Mr Harper, ` is the most apparent rock-basin in the district, being situated on the highest part of the granite plateau, absolutely bare, grassless, treeless, and weirdly wild, every cape, peninsula, and island showing the severest ice-action ' (Rambles in Galloway, 1876, chap. xviii.).—Ord. Sur., sh. 8, 1863.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a desolate granite-bound loch" (ADL Feature Type: "lakes") |
| Administrative units: | Minnigaff ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty |
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