Loch Dochart facts for kids

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Loch Dochart Location in Stirling
Location	Perthshire, Scotland
Coordinates	56°23′47″N 4°35′3″W / 56.39639°N 4.58417°W / 56.39639; -4.58417
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	River Fillan
Primary outflows	River Dochart
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.06 km (0.66 mi)
Max. width	0.26 km (0.16 mi)
Surface area	19 ha (46 acres)
Average depth	1.5 m (5 ft)
Max. depth	3.4 m (11 ft)
Water volume	284,100 m3 (10,032,000 cu ft)
Surface elevation	156 m (513 ft)
Islands	1 islet

Loch Dochart is a small freshwater loch on the Lochdochart Estate in Stirling, Scottish Highlands. It lies approximately 1.7 km (1.1 mi) to the east of the town of Crianlarich at the foot of Ben More. There is a small wooded island in the middle of the loch on which stands the ruins of a castle originally built by Sir Duncan Campbell between 1583 and 1631.

The loch was surveyed on 11 May 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Parsons and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.