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Loch Trool

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44: 479: 31: 51: 520: 43: 549: 90: 420: 539: 513: 447:"Loch Dornal; Kirriereoch Loch; Loch Trool (Vol. 5, Plate 42) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland" 544: 506: 242: 305: 451: 365: 324: 394: 320: 361:"Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin" 486: 147: 122: 72: 289:. The loch is the source of the Water of Trool which flows to the Water of Minnoch and the 301: 282: 8: 135: 253: 494: 478: 360: 297: 270: 490: 286: 159: 533: 105: 92: 311:
Loch Trool is also reported to be the darkest place in the UK at night.
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Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909
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and is approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of the town of
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Pulnabrick, Buchan, Gairland, Glenhead, Pulharrow Burns.
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on the shores of the loch. On its north side stands
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The shoreline of a lake with a mountain in the background
Loch Trool is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
55°05′17″N 4°29′29″W / 55.08806°N 4.49139°W / 55.08806; -4.49139
Type
loch
Primary inflows
Primary outflows
Basin
Islands
not a well-defined measure
Galloway
Southern Uplands
Scotland
Glen Trool
Galloway Forest Park
Newton Stewart
River Cree
Robert the Bruce
Battle of Glen Trool
Bruce's Stone
James Murray
Sir John Murray's





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