
What is recorded here
Castle Semple Loch is a 1.5-mile freshwater body in Renfrewshire that once belonged to a much larger water system called Loch Winnoch. Human ambition and river silt later chopped that vast expanse into smaller pieces, leaving behind a place where rowing championships still clash with ancient marsh memories. The loch keeps both lives at once: polished sports on its surface and forgotten depth beneath it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Semple Loch as Crannog (prehistoric) - (medieval)(possible), Logboat(s) (period Unknown)(possible). 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.
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Places near here
Andy Jackson MemorialMemorial · 219 yd
Castle Semple LochCannon (period Unassigned) · 345 yd
Lochwinnoch, Sewage WorksSewage Works (period Unassigned) · 453 yd
Lochwinnoch, St Winnoc RoadStreet (post Medieval) · 490 yd
Lochwinnoch, High Street, Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic ChurchChurch (mid 20th Century) · 669 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 749 yd
ParkhillMountain / peak · 1030 yd
Barr CastleCastle (medieval) · 1706 yd
Castle Semple Park, CaveCave (period Unassigned), Garden Feature (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Upper cascadeWaterfall · 1.1 mi
Ice houseCave · 1.1 mi
Middle cascadeWaterfall · 1.2 miOther information
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0