THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 
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Surface ... 
5 feet ... 
10 „ ... 
20 „ ... 
60°-0 Fahr. 
57°-0 „ 
56°-8 „ 
66°-0 „ 
Peppermill Dam (see Plate CXV.) lies little more than a mile from 
Kincardine, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, and about 2 miles 
from Gartmorn Dam. It is nearly a mile in length from east to west, with 
a maximum breadth of a quarter of a mile in the central part, whence it 
narrows towards both ends. The superficial area is about 90 acres, and the 
drainage area nearly 2 square miles. The eastern portion is shallow, the 
water deepening towards the west end, where the maximum of 17 feet was 
recorded. The volume of water is estimated at 34 million cubic feet, and 
the mean depth at feet. When surveyed on May 17, 1905, the elevation 
was 158’9 feet above the sea, as compared with 160*5 feet found by the 
Ordnance Survey officers on September 14, 1894. The following tempera- 
tures taken in the deepest part show a range of less than 3° F’ahr. from 
surface to bottom, a fall of 1°*5 Fahr. being recorded between 5 and 10 
feet : — 
Surface ... 
5 feet ... 
10 „ ... 
15 „ ... 
60^*0 Fahr. 
59-5 „ 
58°*0 „ 
57°*3 „ 
Moor Dam (see Plate CXV.) is a little shallow basin lying between 
Peppermill Dam and the town of Kincardine. It is very irregular in out- 
line, the maximum diameter from north to south being nearly half a mile, 
and the superficial area about 49 acres. Towards the western shore several 
soundings in 5 and 6 feet were taken, the northern and eastern parts, 
equal to three-fourths of the total area, being less than 5 feet in depth, the 
mean depth being estimated at 3^ feet, and the volume at 7 million cubic 
feet. When surveyed on May 17, 1905, the elevation was 145*4 feet above 
the sea, as compared with 146*8 feet determined by the Ordnance Survey 
on September 12, 1894. The temperature of the surface water was 
60°*5 Fahr. 
Burntisland Beservoir (see Plate CXVI.) lies about a mile from Aber- 
dour, and less than 3 miles from Burntisland, on the northern shore of the 
Firth of Forth. It is most irregular in outline, and about half a mile in 
maximum diameter, with a superficial area of about 43 acres. Very deep 
water occurs close to the sluice at the southern end, where the maximum 
of 39 feet was found, and a small area exceeding 20 feet in depth runs 
along the south-eastern shore, but more than half of the bottom is covered 
by less than 10 feet of water, the mean depth being estimated at nearly 
12 feet, and the volume at 22 million cubic feet. When surveyed on 
May 19, 1905, the elevation was 290*0 feet above the sea. The following 
temperatures taken in the deepest part show a constant temperature down 
