Black Loch

{{about|the loch in Falkirk council area|the former loch in East Ayrshire|Black Loch, New Cumnock}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Black Loch | image = Black Loch, Limerigg 005.jpg | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Falkirk | coords = {{coord|55|54|34|N|3|49|23|W|type:waterbody_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | type = Reservoir | inflow = |pushpin_map=Scotland Falkirk | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Scotland | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | sections = | cities = | frozen = }} The '''Black Loch'''<ref name="OS 25 inch">{{cite web|title=Zoomable map from 1892-1949 with opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=55.9106&lon=-3.8269&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref> is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg<ref>{{cite web|title=The Black Loch|url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/wiwosm/osm-on-ol/commons-on-osm.php?zoom=16&lat=055.909458&lon=-003.831639|website=OpenStreetMap|accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref> and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stirlingshire 035.10|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/index.cfm#zoom=14&lat=55.9096&lon=-3.8239&layers=8&b=1&point=55.9137,-3.8361|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey 1898|accessdate=20 May 2017}}</ref>

The surface area of the Black Loch was enlarged in the early 1790s. A small canal was cut at the western side, so that run off from the moss would feed the loch and a dam built to enclose a larger volume of water which was required by the Monkland Canal at Woodhall. Therefore, this loch or reservoir to be more precise is not only the source of the North Calder Water but also an important source of the water supply for the Monkland Canal and further downstream, the Forth and Clyde Canal at Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Black Loch|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10247.html|website=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=2 March 2017}}</ref> The loch is now used for fly fishing, swimming, kayaking and paddle boarding.

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Category:Buildings and structures in Falkirk (council area) Category:Protected areas of Falkirk (council area) Category:Lochs of Falkirk (council area) Category:Freshwater lochs of Scotland Category:Reservoirs in Falkirk (council area) Category:Lakes of Falkirk (council area)