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Castle LochCastle Loch
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A loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Castle Loch is located immediately to the south of Lochmaben. The ruined Lochmaben Castle, a former stronghold of the powerful Bruces of Annandale, lies on its southern shore. The vendace (Coregonus albula), a herring-like fish which is extremely rare in Britain, inhabited the loch from the last Ice Age until the opening of a sewage works in 1911. The loch is now a nature reserve.
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