Loch Bowie is a small freshwater
loch
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...
located in
West Dunbartonshire,
Scotland.
Geography
To the west of the Loch is the former
Iron Age Hillfort of
Dunbowie Dun, a volcanic plug on the edge of the
Kilpatrick Hills plateau, that overlooks the loch at . The town of
Dumbarton is directly to the west. To the south is
Dumbuck Hill
Milton (historically Milton of Colquhoun) is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies about east of Dumbarton, on the A82 Glasgow-Loch Lomond road and below the Overtoun Bridge.
It previously had a primary school, closed in 2004. T ...
, which is now Dumbuckhill Quarry. To the southeast is the Chapel of Colquhoun. The mound is from a volcanic plug on the edge of the Kilpatrick Hills plateau called Chapel Knowe. In the centre of the mound there is the appearance of the foundations of a small building, and in earlier times was used as a place of
sepulture
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...
. A tradition is held amongst people in Dumbarton that a chapel formerly stood on the mound that part of the walls from about 100 years ago remained. Within this century, tombstones have been excavated from the ground on the Chapel Knowe. Chapel Knowe nor Muir of Colquhoun has not been found on any plan.
Closer to the east, is the former castle of Middleton Castle that later became a farm. The Lorane family were tenants of Middleton for centuries, and by 1810 the castle, which had high walls, was in ruins.
To the north along the rural road that passes the loch to the right is
Overtoun House.
Gallery
File:Dumbuie Dun - geograph.org.uk - 913929.jpg, Dumbowie Hill has two summits, north-western summit and south-eastern summit
File:Dunbowie Hill Southeastern peak.jpg, The flat area on the summit was the site of Dumbuie Dun, an Iron Age fort, the antiquity marked on the map.
See also
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List of lochs in Scotland
*
List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
References
Freshwater lochs of Scotland
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