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The loch is orientated in an east to west direction, and is over one mile (1.6 kilometres) long. Its breadth (north-south) reaches almost a half a mile and the surface area is 191 acres (0.3 square miles; 0.8 square kilometres). The centre of the loch is the deepest part, approximately, 5 ft
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The overflow of the loch is through the Burn of
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