Loch Fithie
Loch Fithie
Location	Angus, Scotland
Coordinates	56°39′4″N 2°50′1″W / 56.65111°N 2.83361°W / 56.65111; -2.83361[1]
Type	freshwater loch
Primary inflows	on the eastern shore [2]
Primary outflows	no outflow [2]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	1.6 km (1 mi)[2]
Max. width	140 m (150 yd)[2]
Surface area	7.1 ha (18 acres)[1]
Average depth	2.3 m (7.5 ft)[2]
Max. depth	4.9 m (16 ft)[2]
Water volume	200,000 m3 (7,000,000 cu ft)[2]
Shore length1	1.4 km (0.87 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	67 m (220 ft)[1]
Islands	0[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Fithie is a small, lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Forfar, Scotland. It is approximately 800 m (2,600 ft) in length.

Survey

The loch was surveyed^[2] on 30 June 1903 by Sir John Murray and later charted ^[3] as part of Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

History

To the northwest of the loch are the remains of the Augustinian Restenneth Priory. In 1954, a stone axe head was found during excavations of a gravel ridge at the loch.^[4]