The Loch of Skaill is a small somewhat triangular, freshwater loch in the parish of Sandwick, Orkney on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It lies 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south east of the Bay of Skaill close to Skaill House and the World Heritage neolithic site Skara Brae.[3]
The loch is popular for trout fishing and is reserved for use by members of The Orkney Trout Fishing Association only.[4] The average size of the trout caught in the loch is 2 pounds (0.91 kg).
The loch was surveyed in 1906 by James Murray[2] and later charted[5] as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897–1909.[6] A small burn at the north western shore drains the loch in to the Bay of Skaill and was noted in the Survey that it was used as a mill stream.[2]
^ abc"Loch of Skaill". British Lakes. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^ abcdefg"Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of Orkney". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^"World Heritage List - Heart of Neolithic Orkney". World Heritage Convention, UNESCO. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^The Orkney Trout Fishing Association. "Lochs of Orkney". Orkney Trout Fishing Association. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^"Muckle & Peerie Waters; Loch of Skaill; Hoglinns Water (Vol. 6, Plate 94) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
^Murray, John; Pullar, Laurence (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland during the years 1897 to 1909: report on scientific results. Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 October 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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