
What is recorded here
Castle Loch is a shallow freshwater loch in Lochmaben where pink-footed geese and goosanders still gather, while the ruined Lochmaben Castle watches from the southern shore. A logboat once belonged to those waters, though no date or owner has survived to explain whose hands first cut it or whose journey it carried. The loch remains a Ramsar wetland of international importance, and that ancient vessel may have ferried people past the castle stones before the geese claimed the place.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Loch, Lochmaben as Logboat (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Lochmaben CastleAxe Hammer (period Unassigned) · 878 yd
Castle MainsFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 888 yd
Lochmaben, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 929 yd
Kirk Loch, LochmabenLogboat(s) (period Unassigned) · 1327 yd
Lochmaben Golf CourseUnidentified Pottery (medieval) · 1327 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1460 yd
Lochmaben, Bruce Street, Crown HotelNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1649 yd
Lockerbie CreameryNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
Ryemuir WoodWood · 1.9 mi
Crochmade WoodWood · 2.3 mi
ApplegarthMonastery (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval)(possible) · 2.4 mi
Hazelshaw HillMountain / peak · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0