Pond of Drummond is a small shallow freshwater artificial loch in the grounds of Drummond Castle, and is orientated on an east to west orientation, being located 2 miles southeast of Crieff in Perth and Kinross.[1][2][3]
| Pond of Drummond | |
|---|---|
  Pond of Drummond Location in Perth and Kinross | |
| Location | NN85541858 |
| Coordinates | 56°20′46″N 3°51′14″W / 56.346°N 3.854°W |
| Type | freshwater reservoir |
| Primary outflows | River Earn |
| Max. length | 1.0621 km (0.6600 mi)[1] |
| Max. width | 0.5310835 km (0.3300000 mi)[1] |
| Surface area | 34 ha (84 acres)[2] |
| Average depth | 5 ft (1.5 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 12 ft (3.7 m)[1] |
| Water volume | 20,157,000 cu ft (570,800 m3)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 3 km (1.9 mi) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 47 m (154 ft)[2] |
| Islands | 0 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Sunken village
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On images of the small loch, when viewing oblique aerial images, the outline of a planned village can clearly been seen.[4] The area covered by the loch was once a cultivated valley that was seized by the Forfeited Estates Commission after the Jacobite rising of 1745 and were portioned out as a reward to those who supported the government.[5] When all those folk had died, Lady Jean (Lady Perth) converted the small valley into a loch,[5] sometime between 1785 and 1800.[4] The plan of the loch shows a street on an east to west alignment, with houses on either side of the street. Each house has a 1-acre plot, laid out at 90° degrees to the right, behind it.[4] The village was known to extend east to a military road. The features that are visible below the water line are the main axial road with some plot boundaries visible. The west end of the loch below the water line are not visible due to the increasing depth at that end.[4] The small river flows out of Pond of Drummond to the east into BennyBeg pond, a long shallow pond on an east to west orientation. The village may have extended to the boundaries of that pond 0.5 mile to the east.
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f John, Murray; Lawrence, Pullar. Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897–1909 Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II – Pond of Drummond. National Library of Scotland. p. 119. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d "Pond of Drummond". Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Pond of Drummond". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Archaeology Notes". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b John Bernard Burke (sir.) (1853). A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain. p. 248. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
