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Asgog Loch

Asgog Loch

A lake in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Not to be confused with Loch Ascog on Bute.

Asgog Loch is a natural freshwater loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Tighnabruaich, on the Cowal peninsula. The loch was dammed during the 19th century to create an impounding reservoir for the supply of freshwater to the Low Mills of the nearby gunpowder mills at Millhouse (the Kames Powder Works).[2]

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The remains of three crannogs, or artificial islands, have been observed within the loch on occasions when the water level has been lowered.[3][4] Asgog Castle stands on the northwest shore of the loch.

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  1. [1]
    ""Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2013.
  2. [2]
    Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments: Volume 7: Mid Argyll & Cowal. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 1992. p. 494. ISBN 0-11-494094-0.
  3. [3]
    RCAHMS, pp. 23, 538 (n. 65)
  4. [4]
    Munro, Robert (1892–93). "Notes of Crannogs or Lake Dwellings recently discovered in Argyllshire". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 27: 210–211.


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