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PaintDecisions · 13/02/2025 11:43

madamweb · 13/02/2025 11:35

I thought lochs were inlets of the sea?

Anyway the Norfolk and Bath ones both were very vulnerable.

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No, just lakes. Freshwater.

Sea linked lochs are salt water and are sea lochs - like fjords.

madamweb · 13/02/2025 11:48

Mochudubh · 13/02/2025 11:42

Lochs can be inlets of the sea, in which case they are technically "sea lochs" e.g. Loch Linnhe.

But more commonly, they are the equivalent of an English Lake.

Loch Rannoch is a fair way above sea level. (204 metres, I've just Googles).

Ah, thank you, I had always understood them to be the equivalent of a Fjord.

Klinkerofen · 18/03/2025 09:24

madamweb · 13/02/2025 11:24

Interesting the Norfolk property and the Scotland one are both so close to sea level that they are pretty rapidly going to be very vulnerable based on sea level rise predictions. I wonder if that is what made them unsellable.

I keep thinking, "well if you have only paid £10 will you mind? You could enjoy the house for a decade or so first" .... But it just doesn't seem like much of a prize to get a house that will soon flood frequently

It’s 207m above sea level and the loch empties out via a river at the eastern end; I think it’ll be safe for a while and not prone to flooding from a rise in sea levels.

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