Lindores Loch

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Lindores Loch
Lindores Loch
Location	North Fife, Central Scotland
Coordinates	56°20′N 3°11′W / 56.333°N 3.183°W / 56.333; -3.183
Type	freshwater loch, ribbon lake
Primary inflows	Priest's Burn
Primary outflows	Lindores Burn
Catchment area	510 ha (1,300 acres)
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Max. width	500 m (1,600 ft)
Surface area	40.5 ha (100 acres)
Average depth	1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Max. depth	3 m (9.8 ft)
Residence time	1.9 years
Surface elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Islands	0
Sections/sub-basins	curling pond, main basin
Settlements	Lindores

Lindores Loch is a freshwater loch, situated in North Fife in the Parish of Abdie, in the Central Belt of Scotland. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. A curling pond is situated on the Northern shoreline and is nominally used by the Abdie Curling Club and Abdie ladies Curling Club. A speculative study suggests that the loch was created by glacial deposits from the surrounding Ochil Hills at the end of the last ice-age. The water level and shoreline have changed over time due to roads, railway, sluice gate and farmland.