Crosshill Loch is an impounding
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
, located 1 kilometre south of the centre of
Campbeltown
Campbeltown (; gd, Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing ...
, and is the source of water for the town's Whisky Distilleries: Springbank, Glengyle and Glen Scotia.
[ Glen Scotia Whisky Distillery] The earthen dam is 14.3 metres high. Records show the dam was constructed prior to 1868.
See also
*
List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom.
England Buckinghamshire
* Foxcote Reservoir, north of Buckingham
*Weston Turville Reservoir, between Weston Turville and Wendover
Cambridgeshire
*Grafham Water
Cheshire
* Bollinhurs ...
References
Sources
"Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"
Reservoirs in Argyll and Bute
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