Loch Gelly (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Gheallaidh'') is a small loch in
Fife
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Scotland
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lying approximately 1.5 km to the south east of the town of
Lochgelly
Lochgelly ( ; , IPA: �ɫ̪ɔxˈʝaɫ̪ai is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the ...
which itself is named after the loch. The Gaelic name of the loch, Loch Gheallaidh, can be loosely translated as Loch of Shining Waters or Loch of Brightness. It is a broad, shallow flat bottomed basin approximately 1.75 km in length from west to east and 0.75 km wide at its maximum breadth.
In May 1583,
Sir John Wemyss
Sir John Wemyss (11 April 1557 – 27 April 1624) was a Scottish landowner.
Biography
He was the son of David Wemyss (d. 1596) and Cecilia Ruthven, a daughter of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven.
His home was Wemyss Castle in Fife, Scotland, Fi ...
built a fort on the south side of the loch and kept an armed boat to prevent the
Boswells of Balmuto from fishing in the loch.
Land around the loch is owned by Wemyss 1952 Trustees.
The loch was surveyed
on 11 May 1905 by
Sir John Murray and later charted as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
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