- Loch Leven
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lake_name = Loch Leven
image_lake = Loch Leven Kinross.jpg
caption_lake = looking north from Vane Farm
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location =Perth and Kinross ,Scotland
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type = freshwaterloch
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basin_countries = Scotland
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islands =Loch Leven Castle
islands_category = Islands of Loch Leven
cities =Loch Leven (
Scottish Gaelic : Loch Lìobhann) is afresh water loch inPerth and Kinross council area, centralScotland .Roughly triangular, the
loch is about 6 km at its longest.Fact|date=April 2008 Theburgh ofKinross lies at its western end.Loch Leven Castle lies on an island a short way offshore. The castle was the prison of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567, and it can be reached by ferry, operated from Kinross byHistoric Scotland during the summer months.Prior to the canalisation of the River Leven, and the partial draining of the Loch in the early 19th century, Loch Leven was of considerably larger area. The fall in water level exposed several small islands, and greatly increased the size of the existing ones.
St Serf's Inch is the largest of Loch Leven's seven islands and it was the home of aCuldee and then an Augustinian monastic community,St Serf's Inch Priory . There was a monastic community on the island which was old in the 12th century. The monastery produced a series of Gaelic language charters from the 11th and 12th centuries which were translated into Latin in the late 12th century.Loch Leven is a
National Nature Reserve , as well as aSite of Special Scientific Interest and aSpecial Protection Area .External links
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* [http://lochlevenfisheries.co.uk/ Loch Leven fishing]
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