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Lochan Fada, Letterewe
Lochan Fada (The long long) is a large remote and deep freshwater loch that is located three miles north-east of Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Geography Lochan Fada lies almost directly north of Loch Maree running in a parallel direction, separated by a boggy plateau that runs the length of Loch Maree and constitutes the majority of Letterewe Forest. The plateau is bounded by Slioch, one of Scotland's Munros, known as "The Spear" at 981 metres (3218 feet) that dominates the south-eastern end. In the middle of the plateau is Beinn Lair at (859 m) with several smaller peaks at the north-western end with the highest being Beinn Airigh Charr at 792 m. Within the ridge is small remote Loch Garbhaig, Letterewe Forest, Loch Garbhaig that lies below the northern cliffs of Slioch. A vast number of lochs and lochans surround Lochan Fada. To the north-west lies the largest at Fionn Loch (Poolewe), Fionn Loch. The area directly north of the loch contains a ...
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Loch
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the Anglicisation, anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling "loch" is always used. Many loughs are connected to stories of lake-bursts, signifying their mythical origin. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Some such bodies of water could also be called firths, fjords, estuary, estuaries, straits or bays. Background This name for a body of water is Insular Celtic languages, Insular CelticThe current form has currency in the following languages: Scottish Gaelic, Irish language, Irish, Manx language, Manx, and has been borrowed into Scots language, Lowland Scots, Scottish English, Iri ...
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Beinn Airigh Charr
Beinn Airigh Charr (792 m) is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in Wester Ross, on the northern side of Loch Maree, near to the village of Poolewe. The mountain is north of the wild Torridon Hills, and offers magnificent views from its summit. References Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands Marilyns of Scotland Corbetts {{Scotland-geo-stub ...
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Lochs Of Ross And Cromarty
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling "loch" is always used. Many loughs are connected to stories of lake-bursts, signifying their mythical origin. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Some such bodies of water could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays. Background This name for a body of water is Insular CelticThe current form has currency in the following languages: Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx, and has been borrowed into Lowland Scots, Scottish English, Irish English and Standard English. in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. The word comes from Proto-Indo-European ...
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Freshwater Lochs Of Scotland
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include non- salty mineral-rich waters such as chalybeate springs. Fresh water may encompass frozen and meltwater in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, snowfields and icebergs, natural precipitations such as rainfall, snowfall, hail/ sleet and graupel, and surface runoffs that form inland bodies of water such as wetlands, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, as well as groundwater contained in aquifers, subterranean rivers and lakes. Fresh water is the water resource that is of the most and immediate use to humans. Water is critical to the survival of all living organisms. Many organisms can thrive on salt water, but the great majority of higher plants and most insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds need fresh water to survive. Fresh water ...
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Loch A' Bhraoin
Loch a' Bhraoin, Loch Broom ( gd, Loch of showers or drizzling rain), is a freshwater loch, located in Wester Ross, in Ross-shire, on the west coast of Scotland. Settlements Due to the remoteness of the loch, there are very few settlements in the area. The main A832 road, A832 road that is part of the Wester Ross Coastal Trail, leaves the main A835 road, A835 road, at the Corrieshalloch Gorge, Falls of Measach and passes the eastern end of the loch. Walking Loch a' Bhraoin is considered an excellent location for walkers. There are essentially four routes into the mountains surrounding Loch a' Bhraoin. The main route is from the A832 road, taking the path east to west along Destitution Road to Loch a’ Bhraoin from the East. Also travelling from Poolewe past the Fionn Loch in the NW, which is the longest route. Travelling from Kinlochewe, Incheril over the Heights of Kinlochewe and the Kinlochewe Forest in the SW, and from Corrie Hallie that directly north of the loch. Geogra ...
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Ruadh Stac Mor
Ruadh Stac Mor or Ruadh-Stac Mòr (Gaelic) is a mountain with a height of in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is located in the Dundonnell and Fisherfield Forest Fisherfield Forest The Dundonnell and Fisherfield Forest covers a large mountainous area of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, lying between Loch Maree and Little Loch Broom. It is sometimes nicknamed ''The Great Wilderness'', a ... in Wester Ross. One of the remotest Munros in Scotland, it provides superb views from its summit. Climbs generally start from the village of Poolewe to the west. References Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands Marilyns of Scotland Munros {{Scotland-geo-stub ...
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Fionn Loch (Poolewe)
Fionn (, ) is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In English, it is pronounced "Finn" ( ) or "Fee-on" ( ). It is derived from a byname meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the modern variant of Old and Middle Irish: Find and Finn. Notable people with the name include: * Fionn Carr, Irish rugby union player *Fionn Fitzgerald, Irish football player * Fionn MacColla, Scottish novelist * Fionn mac Cumhaill, figure from Irish mythology * Fionn McLoughlin, Irish rugby union player *Fionn O'Shea, Irish actor * Fionn Regan, Irish folk musician *Fionn Whitehead Fionn Whitehead (; born 18 July 1997) is an English actor. He portrayed the lead role in the 2017 film '' Dunkirk'' and the 2018 film '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch''. His first acting credit was in the 2016 ITV miniseries '' Him''. Life Whitehe ..., English actor See also * Fionn Bheinn, Scottish mountain {{given name Irish-language masculine given names Scottish Gaelic masculine given names ...
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Loch Garbhaig, Letterewe Forest
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling "loch" is always used. Many loughs are connected to stories of lake-bursts, signifying their mythical origin. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Some such bodies of water could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays. Background This name for a body of water is Insular CelticThe current form has currency in the following languages: Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx, and has been borrowed into Lowland Scots, Scottish English, Irish English and Standard English. in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. The word comes from Proto-Indo-European ...
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Beinn Lair
Beinn Lair (859 m) is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands, Scotland. It lies in the Letterewe Letterewe is a large estate of several tens of thousands of acres on the north-eastern shore of Loch Maree, South-East of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland. It is one of the wildest, most remote and least populated areas in the United Kingdom. Th ... estate on the northeastern shore of Loch Maree in Wester Ross. The mountain has two contrasting sides. The Loch Maree side is one of gentle slopes to the summit, whereas its northern flank is one of giant cliffs looking straight down into the glen below. References Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands Marilyns of Scotland Corbetts {{Scotland-geo-stub ...
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Loch Maree
Loch Maree ( gd, Loch Ma-ruibhe) is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is . Loch Maree contains five large wooded islands and over 60 smaller ones, many of which have their own lochans. The largest island, Eilean Sùbhainn, contains a loch that itself contains an island,Ordnance Survey. 1:25000 ''Explorer'' map. Sheet 433, Torridon - Beinn Eighe & Liathach. a situation that occurs nowhere else in Great Britain. Isle Maree holds the remains of a chapel believed to be the 8th century hermitage of Saint Máel Ruba (d. 722), who founded the monastery of Applecross in 672. It is after him that Loch Maree is named; prior to the saint's arrival in the area the loch is believed to have been named Loch Ewe, as evidenced by the name of the village of Kinlochewe ( gd, Ceann Loch Iù, meaning "Head of Loch Ewe") which ...
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Munro
A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), the highest mountain in the British Isles at . Munros are named after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet (1856–1919), who produced the first list of such hills, known as ''Munro's Tables'', in 1891. Also included were what Munro considered lesser peaks, now known as Munro Tops, which are also over 3,000 feet but are lower than the nearby primary mountain. The publication of the original list is usually considered to be the epoch event of modern peak bagging. The list has been the subject of subsequent variation and as of 10 December 2020, the Scottish Mountaineering Club has listed 282 Munros and 226 Munro Tops. "Munro bagging" is the activity of climbing all the listed Munros. As of 31 December 2021, 7,098 people had reported ...
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Slioch
, photo = Slioch_from_Loch_Maree.jpg , photo_caption = Slioch seen from the shores of Loch Maree. , elevation_m = 981 , elevation_ref = , prominence_m = 626 , prominence_ref = , parent_peak = Sgurr Mor , listing = Munro, Marilyn , translation = the spear , language = Gaelic , pronunciation = , location = Wester Ross, Scotland , range = , grid_ref_UK = NH004688 , topo = OS ''Landranger'' 19, OS ''Explorers'' 433, 435 , first_ascent = , easiest_route = Slioch ( gd, Sleaghach) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands situated in Wester Ross, eight kilometres north of the village of Kinlochewe. Slioch reaches a height of 981 metres (3218 feet) and towers above the south east end of Loch Maree to give one of the best known and most photographed sights (from the A832 road) in the Highlands. VisitScotland, the Scottish national tourist agency, has used video footage of Slioch in its television advertisements. The mountain is composed of Torridonian sands ...
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