Loch Doon

Loch Doon ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Dhùinist ) is a freshwater lake in the Scottish Lowlands. It is located about 5 km south of Dalmellington just outside of the Galloway Forest Park in the East Ayrshire Council Area. The lake can be reached via a branch of the A713 at Mossdale.

Loch Doon is about 8.9 km long and up to 1.4 km wide. The lake is the source of the River Doon and itself receives water via a 10 km long tributary of Loch Enoch. Loch Doon is part of the Galloway Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, which is why he was dammed in the 1930s, so that its current water level is about 9 m above the natural. The water from the lake is not utilized to drive turbines. The lake serves as a buffer memory from which in times of low rainfall, water can be removed through conduits, to operate the hydropower plants can continuously.

South of the lake is located on the western shore are the ruins of Loch Doon Castle - a pentagonal fortress, which was originally located on an island in the lake. 1935, the building was torn down and rebuilt at the present site again to save him from the flooding in the wake of the impoundment of the lake.