Loch Arthur (also known as Loch Lotus) is a lake in the council area of
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
in Scotland near the village of
Beeswing Beeswing may refer to:
* Potassium bitartrate, a sediment from winemaking, used in cooking as "cream of tartar"
* Beeswing (horse), a 19th-century champion racehorse from Northern England
* "Beeswing", a song on Richard Thompson's 1994 album ''Mirr ...
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Loch Arthur lies to the east of the village of
Beeswing Beeswing may refer to:
* Potassium bitartrate, a sediment from winemaking, used in cooking as "cream of tartar"
* Beeswing (horse), a 19th-century champion racehorse from Northern England
* "Beeswing", a song on Richard Thompson's 1994 album ''Mirr ...
and has been claimed as the setting for the
Arthurian story of the
Lady of the Lake.
Prehistoric lake dwellings (
crannogs) were formerly on this lake. A
logboat and possible paddle have been found.
Loch Arthur Camphill Community is a farm near the loch where people with disabilities, volunteers and staff produce organic cheese, butter and other foods.
References
* Robert Munro: ''Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England'' 1882
* Nicholas Dixon: ''The history of crannog survey and excavation in Scotland'' 2007
* Ian Morrison: ''Landscape with lake dwellings: the crannogs of Scotland'' Edinburgh University Press 1986 ISBN 085224522X
* Robert J. C. Mowat: ''The logboats of Scotland, with notes on related artefact types'', Oxbow Monograph series, No. 68. Oxford. 1996, S. 78–9
External links
Loch Arthur Camphill Community
Arthur
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