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CASTLE LOCH Castle Loch
Castle Loch
Castle Loch
Andrew Johnston Esqr.
William Harkness Esqr.
Mr John Wright
050 [Situation]About 24 chains S.E. by S. [South East by South] of Lochmaben Town Hall.
The Castle Loch is a large and beautiful sheet of water, lying south of the Town of Lochmaben, in length about a mile and a half, and in mean breadth a mile, abounding in a variety of fish. It is affirmed by the fishermen that there are 15 or 16 different kinds fit for the table.among which there is one that, from every information that can be obtained, is peculiar to that loch, as it is to be found no where else in Britain. It is called the vendise or vendace some say from Vendoes in France, as being brought from thence by one of the Jameses, which is not very probable, as it is found by experience to die the moment it is touched, and has been attempted to be transported to other lochs in the neighbourhood, where it has always died. It is generally about the size of a small herring. which it resembles much in external appearance and in its anatomy, it has the taste and flavour of a fresh herring, not quite so strong, but more delicate, and is reckoned the most delicious fish that swims. They lie in the deepest part of the loch, and are caught with a net. The pike, which is the tyrant of the lake, destroys many of them. Lochmaben Castle stands upon a peninsula at its Southern extremity.

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Parish of Lochmaben
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[Signed]Philip Munro
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