Loch Shurrery (also known as Loch Shurrey) is a small, shallow, lowland freshwater

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lying approximately south west of

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in the

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. The loch has a somewhat elliptical shape with a perimeter of . It is approximately long, has an average depth of and is at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 6 October 1902 by John Parsons and T.R.H. Garrett and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's ''Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909''. A dam lies to the north end of the loch. Approximately from the northern end of the loch are the

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remains of an

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hut circle with a medium-sized oval house. Some pottery was found at the site. At the southern end of the loch is ''Lambsdale Leans'', a

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with possible cist or chamber. Two

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graves lie nearby. The loch is used for fishing and the ''Dounreay Fly Fishing Association'' keeps a boat on the loch for members and visitors.

References

{{reflist Shurrery Shurrery Caithness