Loch Ascog is a small reservoir on the east coast of the island of
Bute, in the council area of
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
, Scotland. The loch supplies water to the town of
Rothesay
Rothesay ( ; gd, Baile Bhòid ) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay, which offers an onward rail ...
and the fishing rights are held by the Isle of Bute Angling Association. Loch Ascog is in extent.
"Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"
(pdf) Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 25 August 2012. To the west is the much larger Loch Fad
Loch Fad is a freshwater loch on the Isle of Bute in Scotland.
Its name means "long loch" in Scottish Gaelic. It lies on the Highland Boundary Fault.
Its surface area is , fairly large for a freshwater loch on an island in Scotland.
It is the ...
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See also
* Ascog House
* List of lochs in Scotland
This list of lochs in Scotland includes the majority of bodies of standing freshwater named as lochs but only a small selection of the generally smaller, and very numerous, lochans. This list does not currently include the reservoirs of Scotlan ...
* 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 ...
Notes
Reservoirs in Argyll and Bute
Isle of Bute
Lochs of Scottish islands
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