This list of lochs in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
includes the majority of bodies of standing freshwater named as
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 w ...
s but only a small selection of the generally smaller, and very numerous, lochans. This list does not currently include the
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
s of Scotland except where these are modifications of pre-existing lochs and retain the name "loch" or "lochan".
It has been estimated that there are at least 31,460 freshwater lochs (including lochans) in Scotland, and more than 7,500 in the
Western Isles
The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coas ...
alone.
["Botanical survey of Scottish freshwater lochs"]
SNH Information and Advisory Note Number 4. Retrieved 1 January 2010. Whilst lochs are widespread throughout the country, they are most numerous within the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
and in particular in the former counties of
Caithness
Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
and
Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latt ...
. The majority of the larger lochs are linear in form; their distribution through the West Highlands reflects their origin in the
glacial overdeepening of the straths and glens they now occupy.
''
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 w ...
'' is a
Scottish Gaelic
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word for a
lake
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or
fjord
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(cognate with the
Irish Gaelic
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''loch'', which is anglicised as ''lough'' and with the older
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
word for a lake, ''llwch'') that has been borrowed by
Scots and
Scottish English
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to apply to such bodies of water, especially those in Scotland. Whilst "loch" or "lochan" is by far the most widespread name for bodies of standing water in Scotland, a number of other terms exist. The
Lake of Menteith
Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig''), is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling (the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream from Stirling).
...
is the only natural body of freshwater called a "lake" in Scotland, (although it is also known as ''Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig'' in Gaelic) and there are one or two other man-made "lakes", the
Lake of the Hirsel
The Lake of the Hirsel or Hirsel Lake is an artificial body of water and Site of Special Scientific Interest near Coldstream in Berwickshire in Scotland. It is set in the grounds of The Hirsel, home of the Home family and of the late Alec Dougla ...
being an example. Numerous lochs are called "water", particularly in the Northern Isles, e.g. Roer Water in
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
and Heldale Water in
Orkney
Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...
. These are not to be confused with similarly named rivers, particularly in the south of Scotland, e.g.
Yarrow Water
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The ...
and
Blackadder Water
Blackadder Water () is a river in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, forming part of the River Tweed system. It reached 2.84m at Mouthbridge, which was its highest level ever recorded on Tuesday 22 October 2002 at 2:45pm.
Ety ...
.
Largest and deepest lochs
![Loch Awe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Loch_Awe.jpg)
This table includes the twelve largest lochs by volume, area and length as listed by Murray and Pullar (1910). The volume of water in Loch Ness is nearly double that in all the lakes of England and Wales combined.
[ Murray and Pullar also note that the mean depth of Loch Ness is 57.4% of the maximum depth – higher than in any other large deep loch, with Loch Avich coming closest at 52.4%.][Murray and Pullar (1910]
"Lochs of the Ness Basin"
pp.381–385, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
Lochs Maree, Shiel and Ness are recorded as being the narrowest of the large lochs in relation to their length.[Murray and Pullar (1910]
"Lochs of the Ewe Basin"
p.211, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
Neither the Loch of Stenness
The Loch of Stenness is a large brackish loch on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland and is named for the parish of Stenness. It is northeast of the town of Stromness, lies immediately to the south of the Loch of Harray and is close to the World Herita ...
nor the Loch of Harray
The Loch of Harray is the largest loch of Mainland Orkney, Scotland and is named for the parish of Harray. It lies immediately north of the Loch of Stenness and is close to the World Heritage neolithic sites of the Stones of Stenness and Ri ...
on Mainland Orkney
The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections.
Seventy-five per cent of O ...
is large enough to appear in the above table (Loch of Harray is 16th by area) but at higher stages of the tide they are connected to one another and to the marine waters of Hoy Sound. The former is the largest brackish lagoon in the UK["Loch of Stennes"](_blank)
JNCC. Retrieved 19 June 2011. and the latter, whilst predominantly freshwater, does have a transition zone in the vicinity of the Bridge of Brodgar where the two are connected.["Lochs of Harray and Stenness Site of Special Scientific Interest" Midas 1083. SNH] The two lochs together cover an area of [ but have a volume of only as they are so shallow; Loch of Stenness has a maximum depth of . Although flow between the two lochs and the sea can be observed, the water levels only change slightly with the movements of the tide.][Murray and Pullar (1910]
"Lochs of Orkney"
Pages 224–25, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 June 2011. Murray and Pullar provide a lower estimate of the combined area.
Mainland
In reaching an alphabetically arranged list, the words "loch" and "lochan" have been ignored as have articles and prepositions in both Gaelic (a', an, an t-, na, na h-, nam, nan etc.) and English (of, the etc.). Those that have been converted to reservoirs
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...
for water supply or in association with hydroelectric projects and whose levels have been artificially raised by the construction of dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
s or barrages are annotated as reservoir.
A
*Loch A'an
Loch A'an is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. Loch A'an, also called Loch Avon, is the source of the River Avon. Loch A'an ...
(also known as Loch Avon, Cairngorms
The Cairngorms ( gd, Am Monadh Ruadh) are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park (the Cairngorms National Park) on 1 S ...
)
*Loch of Aboyne
Loch of Aboyne is a shallow, artificial formed, freshwater loch in Grampian, Scotland. It lies northeast of Aboyne and west-southwest of Aberdeen. An earthen dam was constructed around 1834 to retain the loch. It also served as a reservoir for ...
(Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
)
* Loch Achaidh na h-Inich (near Plockton
Plockton ( gd, Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse) is a village in the Lochalsh, Wester Ross area of the Scottish Highlands with a 2020 population of 468.
Plockton settlement is on the shores of Loch Carron. It faces east away from the prevailing winds, a ...
, Lochalsh
Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland (council area), Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch ...
)
* Loch Achall (east of Ullapool
Ullapool (; gd, Ulapul ) is a village and port located in Northern Scotland. Ullapool has a population of around 1,500 inhabitants. It is located around northwest of Inverness in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands. Despite its modest size, ...
)
*Loch Achanalt
Loch Achanalt is a small, irregularly shaped, lowland freshwater loch in Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, close to Achanalt railway station and the village of Achanalt. It is roughly quadrangular in shape with an approximate diameter ...
(Wester Ross)
* Loch Achilty (near Contin
Contin (Gaelic: Cunndainn) is a Ross-shire village, and a civil parish and community council area between Strathpeffer and Garve in the Highland council area of Scotland. The parish has a population of 675.Loch Achnacloich
Loch Achnacloich is a very shallow loch located about north of Alness in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, Scotland.
Geography
The Burn of Achnacloich flows into the loch at its western end, and emerges at its eastern end as the Inchindo ...
(north of Alness, Easter Ross)
* Loch Achnamoine (west of Kinbrace, Sutherland)
* Loch Achonachie (Strathconon) (reservoir)
*Loch Achray
Loch Achray is a small freshwater loch west of Callander in Stirling district, Scotland.
The loch lies between Loch Katrine and Loch Venachar in the heart of the Trossachs and has an average depth of .
History
Loch Achray was for a time the ...
(Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
)
* Achridigill Loch (southeast of Strathy, Sutherland)
* Loch Achtriochtan (Glen Coe
Glen Coe ( gd, Gleann Comhann ) is a glen of volcanic origins, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the north of the county of Argyll, close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber, within the modern council area of Highland ...
)
* Loch an Add (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch Affric
Loch Affric is a freshwater loch within Glen Affric, in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It lies about southwest of Beauly.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet 414 and 415 The loch sits in a national ...
(Glen Affric
Glen Affric ( gd, Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A mi ...
)
* Lochan na h-Achlaise (Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor (, gd, Mòinteach Raineach/Raithneach) is an expanse of around of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland, where it extends from and into westerly Perth and Kinross, northerly Lochaber (in Highland), and the area of ...
)
* Loch Ailsh (Glen Oykel, Sutherland)
* Loch Ainme na Gaibhre (near Dornie)
* Loch na h-Airde Bige (near Poolewe, Wester Ross)
* Loch Airigh na Beinne (west of Kyle of Durness, Sutherland)
* Loch Airigh an Eilein (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
* Loch Airigh Mhic Criadh (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Loch Airigh a' Phuill (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Loch na h-Airigh Sléibhe (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
* Loch Aisir Mór (Oldshoremore, Sutherland)
* Akermoor Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
)
* Loch Akran (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Aldinna Loch (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
)
*Alemoor Loch
Alemoor Loch, also known as Alemoor Reservoir, is a small reservoir in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is situated on the Ale Water, west of Hawick. The loch is approximately long, and is divided in two by a causeway which carries ...
(Scottish Borders) (reservoir)
*Loch Allt na h-Airbe
''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 spell ...
(also known as Loch Yucal, northwest of Kylesku
Kylesku ( gd, An Caolas Cumhang) is a small, remote fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry.
Village
Kylesku is located where Loch Glencoul and Loch Gleann Dubh join to form a sea pa ...
, Sutherland)
* Loch Allt Eoin Thòmais (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
* Loch an Alltan Fheàrna (Sutherland)
* Loch Alvie (Speyside Speyside can refer to:
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...
)
* Loch nan Amhaichean (Easter Ross)
* Loch Anna (near Dornie
Dornie ( gd, An Dòrnaidh) is a small former fishing village in the Lochalsh district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland (2006 census). It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long.
The A87, the main road to ...
)
* Antermony Loch (East Dunbartonshire
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)
* Approach Loch (South Ayrshire)
* Loch Arail (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Ard
Loch Ard (Scottish Gaelic: Loch na h-Àirde) is a loch, located in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Stirling council area, Scotland.
Overview
The name of the loch comes from ''àird'', the Scottish Gaelic word for a ''promontory, ...
(Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
)
* Loch Ard a' Phuill (Moidart
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)
* Loch Ardinning (Stirling)
* Loch Arichlinie (near Kinbrace, Sutherland)
*Loch Arienas
Loch Arienas is an extensive, lowland, freshwater loch on the Ardtornish Estate on the Morvern peninsula in the Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical r ...
(Morvern
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)
*Loch Arkaig
Loch Arkaig (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Airceig) is a body of freshwater in Lochaber, Scotland, to the west of the Great Glen. It is approximately in length and lies above sea level, the maximum depth is around
The main tributaries are the Dessarr ...
(Lochaber
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)
*Loch Arklet
Loch Arklet is a freshwater loch and reservoir in the Trossachs area of the Scottish Highlands. It is within the Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the Stirling (council area), district of Stirling.
It ...
(Stirlingshire
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) (reservoir)
*Loch Arnicle
''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 spell ...
(Kintyre
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)
* Loch Arthur (Dumfries and Galloway
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)
* Loch Ascaig (south of Kinbrace, Sutherland)
*Asgog Loch
Asgog Loch is a natural freshwater loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located about southwest of Tighnabruaich, on the Cowal peninsula. The loch was dammed during the 19th century to create an impounding reservoir for the supply of fresh ...
(Argyll and Bute)
* Ashgrove Loch (aka Stevenston Loch) (Ayrshire)
*Loch Ashie
''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 spellin ...
(northeast of Loch Ness)
* Loch Aslaich (Balmacaan Forest, west of Loch Ness)
* Loch an Aslaird (north of Ben Hee, Sutherland)
*Loch Assynt
Loch Assynt ( gd, Loch Asaint) is a freshwater loch in Sutherland, Scotland, east-north east of Lochinver.
Situated in a spectacular setting between the heights of Canisp, Quinag and Beinn Uidhe, it receives the outflow from Lochs Awe, Maol a ...
(Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
)
* Aucha Lochy (Kintyre
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)
* Auchenreoch Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Auchintaple Loch (Glen Isla
The River Isla ( gd, Abhainn Ìle) is a tributary of the River Tay in Angus and Perthshire, Scotland. It runs for 46 miles (74 km) through the Kirkton of Glenisla (Clachan Ghlinn Ìle) and Strathmore (An Srath Mòr).
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*Loch Avich
Loch of Avich is a large freshwater loch that lies approximately west of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. It is the second biggest loch in the Etive basin after Loch Awe. It trends east-northeast, west-southwest and is narrowly triangul ...
(Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Avon
Loch A'an is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. Loch A'an, also called Loch Avon, is the source of the River Avon. Loch A'an ...
(also known as Loch A'an) (Cairngorms)
*Loch Awe
Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha'') is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such ...
, Argyll and Bute
*Loch Awe
Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha'') is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such ...
(Inchnadamph, Sutherland)
B
* Loch Bà (Isle of Mull
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)
* Loch Bà (Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor (, gd, Mòinteach Raineach/Raithneach) is an expanse of around of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland, where it extends from and into westerly Perth and Kinross, northerly Lochaber (in Highland), and the area of ...
)
* Loch na Bà (east of Aultbea
Aultbea (Gaelic: ''An t-Allt Beithe'') is a small fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool. The village has a Primary School and a small Post Off ...
, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bad na h-Achlaise (northeast of Ullapool)
* Loch Bad na h-Achlaise (Coigach, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bad na h-Achlaise (near Port Henderson, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bad a' Bhàthaich (Easter Ross)
* Loch Bad a' Chreamh (west of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bad a' Chròtha (near Badachro, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bad a' Ghaill (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Loch Bad na Goibhre
''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 spell ...
(east of Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Loch Bad Leabhraidh (Wester Ross)
* Loch Bad na Muirichinn (south of Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Loch Bad an t Sean-tighe (Sutherland)
* Loch Bad an t-Seabhaig ( Laxford Bridge, Sutherland)
* Loch Bad an Sgalaig (southeast of Gairloch, Wester Ross) (reservoir)
* Loch Bad an t-Sluic (Assynt, Sutherland)
* Loch Bad na h-Earba (northwest of Brora, Sutherland)
* Loch Badaidh na Meana (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Loch Badanloch (west of Kinbrace, Sutherland) (contiguous with Loch nan Clàr)
* Loch Baile Mhic Chailein (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
)
* Loch na Bairness (Moidart
Moidart ( ; ) is part of the remote and isolated area of Scotland, west of Fort William, known as the Rough Bounds. Moidart itself is almost surrounded by bodies of water. Loch Shiel cuts off the eastern boundary of the district (along a south ...
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* Balgavies Loch (Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
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* An ...
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* Ballochling Loch (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
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*Banton Loch
Banton Loch, also known as Kilsyth Loch, Townhead Reservoir and once nicknamed Bakers' Loch, is an artificial freshwater lake located to the east of Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, and which supplies water to the highest stretch of the ...
(North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also ...
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*Bardowie Loch
Bardowie is a hamlet in East Dunbartonshire located within the civil parish of Baldernock. It is from Milngavie and from Strathblane. Along with other settlements in Baldernock, it was part of Stirlingshire until 1975, when Bardowie became par ...
(East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bear ...
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* Barean Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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* Barfad Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Bargatton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Barhapple Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Barlockhart Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Barnluasgan (Argyll and Bute)
* Barnshean Loch, (Ayrshire)
* Barr Loch, (Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...
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* Barscobe Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Bayfield Loch (Easter Ross)
* Loch Bealach a' Bhuirich (south of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
* Loch Bealach Cùlaidh (Wyvis Forest)
* Loch Bealach Ghearran (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch Bealach a' Mhadaidh (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
* Loch Bealach na Sgeulachd (south of Loch Eriboll, Sutherland)
* Loch Beanie (Glenshee
Glen Shee () is a glen in eastern Perthshire, Scotland. Shee Water flows through the glen. The head of the glen, where Gleann Taitneach and Glen Lochsie meet, is approximately 2 km north-west of the Spittal of Glenshee; it then ru ...
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* Loch Beannach (north of Lairg, Sutherland) (one of three in same area)
* Loch Beannach (north of Strath Brora, Sutherland) (one of three in same area)
* Loch Beannach (north of Strath Brora, Sutherland) (one of three in same area)
* Loch Beannach, Assynt (west of Loch Assynt, Sutherland)
* Lochan Beannach Beag (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross)
* Lochan Beannach Mór (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Beannacharan (Glen Strathfarrar, Inverness-shire)
* Loch Beannacharain or Loch Beannachan, situated close to Inverchoran
* Lochan na Bearta (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin (Loch Benevian) (Inverness-shire) (reservoir)
* Loch Beinn Dearg (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch na Beinne Baine (north of Glen Moriston, Inverness-shire)
* Loch na Beinne Móire (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
* Loch na Beinne Reidhe (Assynt, Sutherland)
* Loch Beinn Deirg (northeast of Ullapool)
*Loch na Beiste
''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 spell ...
(Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
*Loch Belivat
''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 spell ...
(south of Nairn)
*Belston Loch
Belston Loch (NS 34894 16186), also recorded as Dromsmodda Loch is a small freshwater loch in the East Ayrshire Council Area, near Sinclairston, 2 miles south-east of Drongan, lying in a glacial Kettle (landform), Kettle Hole.Love, Page 197 Paris ...
(Ayrshire)
* Loch Ben Harrald (southwest of Altnaharra, Sutherland)
* Loch Benachally (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
) (reservoir)
* Bengairn Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Bennan Loch (East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of ...
) (reservoir)
* Loch Beoraid (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
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* Bertha Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Loch Bhac (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Loch Bhad Ghaineamhaich (north of Strathconon)
* Loch a' Bhadaidh Daraich (Scourie, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Bhaid Ghainmheich (south of Greenstone Point, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Bhaid-luachraich (southeast of Aultbea
Aultbea (Gaelic: ''An t-Allt Beithe'') is a small fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool. The village has a Primary School and a small Post Off ...
, Wester Ross)
* Loch a Bhàillidh (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch a' Bhainne (northwest of Invergarry
Invergarry ( gd, Inbhir Garadh) is a village in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry, Inverness-shire, River Garry flows into Loch Oich.
Geography
Near the centre of the village is th ...
, Great Glen)
* Loch a' Bhàna (Glencannich, Inverness-shire)
* Loch a' Bhealaich (Lochalsh)
* Loch a' Bhealaich (Sutherland)
* Loch a' Bhealaich (Shieldaig Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Bhealaich Bheithe (beneath Ben Alder
Ben Alder ( gd, Beinn Eallair) is the highest mountain in the remote area of the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ericht and Glen Spean. It rises to , making it the 25th highest Munro. The vast summit plateau is home of one of Britain's highest ...
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*Loch a' Bhealaich Leamhain
''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 ...
(Badenoch
Badenoch (from gd, Bàideanach, meaning "drowned land") is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by th ...
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* Loch a' Bhith (Glen Oykel, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Bhraighe (south of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
*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 ...
(Wester Ross)
* Loch Bhraomisaig (Knoydart
Knoydart (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cnòideart'') is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. Knoydart is sandwiched between Lochs Nevis and Hourn — often translated as "Loch Heaven" (from the Gaelic ''Loch Néimh'') an ...
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* Loch a' Bhrisidh (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bhrodainn ( Gaick Forest)
* Lochan na Bi (Argyll and Bute)
* Birnie Loch (nature reserve, Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
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* Bishop Loch (near Coatbridge
Coatbridge ( sco, Cotbrig or Coatbrig, gd, Drochaid a' Chòta) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as ...
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* Bishop's Loch (northeast of Dyce, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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*Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...
(1)
*Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
(grid reference NX319756) (2)
*Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
(East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of ...
)
*Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
(Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
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*Black Loch, New Cumnock
Black Loch (NS 59057 161720) is a freshwater loch, named from its dark waters, situated in the East Ayrshire Council Area, between Cumnock and New Cumnock, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole mainly within the Parish of New Cumnock, a small portion pro ...
* Black Loch, Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
(Dumfries and Galloway)
* Black Loch, Perth and Kinross (Grid Reference NO175427)
*Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
, North Ayrshire
* Black Lochs (near Connel, Argyll)
*Blackmill Loch
Blackmill Loch is an impounding reservoir, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch was constructed in 1964 and is one source of freshwater for the Lochgair Hydroelectric Scheme. The loch feeds the River Add, when not diverted for hydroelectric pu ...
(Argyll and Bute)
* Loch Blair (north of Loch Arkaig, Lochaber)
* Loch of Blairs (southwest of Forres
Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...
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* Blarloch Mór (southeast of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
* Loch nam Bò Uidhre (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
*Loch of Boath
''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 spel ...
(Nairn)
* Bogton Loch (Ayrshire)
* Loch nam Bonnach (near Muir of Ord)
* Loch Boor (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Loch Borralan (Ledmore, Sutherland)
* Loch Borralie (west of Durness, Sutherland)
* Loch Bowie (Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
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* Loch nam Brac (northeast of Scourie, Sutherland)
* Loch Brack (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Bradan (Ayrshire) (reservoir)
* Braeroddach Loch (near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire)
* Loch Bràigh an Achaidh (Applecross
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
)
* Loch Bràigh Bhruthaich (north of Carrbridge
Carrbridge ( sco, Carrbrig, gd, Drochaid Chàrr) is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 on the A938, west of Skye of Curr and southeast of Tomatin, near Bogroy. It has the oldest stone bridge in ...
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* Loch Bràigh Horrisdale (south of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Loch Brandy (Glen Clova
The Five Glens of Angus are the five Highland glens located in the western portion of the Angus region of Scotland. The five glens from westernmost to easternmost are:
*Glen Isla
*Glen Prosen
*Glen Clova
*Glen Lethnot
* Glen Esk
Glen Clova is ...
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* Loch nam Brathain (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
* Loch Breac (northwest of Dunbeath, Caithness)
* Loch nam Breac (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Loch nam Breac Buidge (near Borgie, Sutherland)
* Loch nam Breac Buidhe (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch nam Breac Dearga (west of Loch Ness)
* Lochan Breaclaich (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
) (reservoir)
* Loch Brecbowie (Ayrshire)
*Loch Broom
Loch Broom ( gd, Lochbraon, "loch of rain showers") is a sea loch located in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, in the former parish of Lochbroom, on the west coast of Scotland. The small town of Ullapool lies on the eastern shore of the loch.
L ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
*Loch Brora
Loch Brora is a loch in the Golspie parish near the east coast of Sutherland in the Highland council area in Northern Scotland. It is located directly south of a small road which links a few miles east with the A9 in Brora from where the loch ...
(west of Brora, Sutherland) (three connected waterbodies)
* Brother Loch (East Renfrewshire)
* Loch Bruicheach (Boblainy Forest, Inverness-shire)
* Loch nam Buainichean (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
*Bruntwood Loch
Bruntwood Loch (NS 50265 32454) was a freshwater loch, now drained, lying in a glacial kettle hole in Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
The loch
Bruntwood Loch, in the south-western extremity of Galston Parish, had been completely drained by 1 ...
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...
* Loch Buidhe (Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor (, gd, Mòinteach Raineach/Raithneach) is an expanse of around of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland, where it extends from and into westerly Perth and Kinross, northerly Lochaber (in Highland), and the area of ...
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* Loch Buidhe (north east of Bonar Bridge)
* Loch Buidhe (east of Tongue)
* Loch Buidhe (north of Altnaharra)
* Loch Buidhe (south of Broadford, Skye)
* Loch Buidhe (Glen Muick)
* Loch Buidhe Beag (southeast of Bettyhill, Sutherland)
* Loch Buidhe Mór (southeast of Bettyhill, Sutherland)
* Loch Builg (Cairngorms)
* Loch Buine Móire (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
* Loch Bunachton (Strathnairn)
* Loch of Bushta (Dunnet, Caithness)
*Loch of Butterstone
Loch of Butterstone is a small freshwater loch, almost circular in shape, located within the nature reserve of the Cardney Estate, near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross. It is one of a group of three lochs, which include Loch of the Lowes and Loch ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
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* Loch na Caillich (southwest of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
* Loch Caise (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Loch Caladail (west of Durness, Sutherland)
*Loch Calavie
''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 w ...
(Wester Ross)
* Caldarvan Loch (Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
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*Loch Calder
Loch Calder is a lowland freshwater loch lying approximately south west of Thurso in the Scottish Highlands. The loch is large with an irregular shape and has perimeter of . It is approximately long, has an average depth of and is at its deepe ...
(Caithness)
* Loch Call an Uidhean (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
*Loch Callater
Loch Callater is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately south of Braemar, Scotland. The loch trends in a northwest to southeast direction and is surrounded on both sides by steep hills. It is approximately in length.
The loch was surve ...
(Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an elevation of .
The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' prop ...
)
* Cally Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Loch Caluim (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Cam Loch
Cam Loch (the Crooked Loch) is one of a number of water supply sources for the Crinan Canal. The impounding reservoir lies to the south of the canal and about 3 kilometres west of Lochgilphead. It has an earthwork dam 8.5 metres high, with recor ...
(Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
) (reservoir)
*Cam Loch
Cam Loch (the Crooked Loch) is one of a number of water supply sources for the Crinan Canal. The impounding reservoir lies to the south of the canal and about 3 kilometres west of Lochgilphead. It has an earthwork dam 8.5 metres high, with recor ...
(Inchnadamph, Sutherland)
* Loch na Caoide (Strathconon Forest)
* Caol Loch (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Caol-loch (one of two west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Caol-loch (one of two west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Caol-loch Mór (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Loch Caoldair (north of Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Dail Chuinnidh'' "meeting place") is a small village in the Scottish Highlands. Dalwhinnie is located at the head of Glen Truim and the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western edge of the Cairngorms Natio ...
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*Loch na Caorach
''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 spell ...
(Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Loch nan Caorach (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
* Carbeth Loch (Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
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*Carcluie Loch
Carcluie Loch (NS 34894 16186) is a small freshwater loch in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Dalrymple, Scotland.
The loch
Blaeu's map of circa 1654 taken from Timothy Pont's map of circa 1600 shows Loc ...
( Dalrymple)
* Carlingwark Loch (Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas ( gd, Caisteal Dhùghlais) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet. It is in the ...
, Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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* Carlochy ( Glen Esk)
* Loch Carn nam Badan (east of Strathglass)
* Loch Càrn nan Conbhairean (Benmore Forest, Sutherland)
* Loch na Carraigeach (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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* Loch Carrie (Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire)
*Carse Loch
Carse Loch is situated (NX 926 849) in a low-lying area, surrounded by woodland, close to the A76 at Friar's Carse, in Dumfries and Galloway, Parish of Dunscore. It was once used as a monastic fish pond and the friars are said to have hidden thei ...
(Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
)
* Carsfad Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
) (reservoir)
* Cash Loch (Fife)
*Castle Loch
Castle Loch is a shallow eutrophic loch covering an area of around 100 hectares in the town of Lochmaben in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies to the west of Mochrum Loch and has 2 islets. The ruined Lochmaben Castle lies at the southern e ...
(Dumfries and Galloway)
* Castle Semple Loch (Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...
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* Cauldshiels Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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* Loch Ceo Glais (southeast of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire)
* Loch Ceòpach (Applecross)
* Lochan a' Chairn (Easter Ross)
* Loch a' Chairn Mór (west of Loch Broom)
* Loch a' Chaol-thuil (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
* Loch Chaorainn (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch a' Chaorainn (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch a' Chaorainn (Easter Ross)
* Loch a' Chapuill (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Cherigal (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Loch Chiarain (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
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* Loch a' Chlachain (Strathnairn)
* Loch a’ Chlaidheimh (north of Loch Monar)
* Loch a' Chnuic (Abernethy Forest
Abernethy Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest in Strathspey, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies within the Cairngorms National Park, close to the villages of Nethy Bridge, Boat of Garten, and Aviemore. The forest is a ...
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* Loch a’ Chràthaich (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
*Loch a' Choire
''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 ...
(Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
*Loch a' Choire
''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 ...
(beneath Ben Vrackie
Ben Vrackie (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn a' Bhreacaidh; sometimes anglicised as ''Ben Y Vrackie'') is a mountain in Perthshire, Scotland. It lies north of the town of Pitlochry and reaches 841 m (2759 feet) high at its summit. The summit ma ...
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*Loch a' Choire
''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 ...
(east Sutherland)
*Loch a' Choire
''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 ...
(Stratherrick, Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in populatio ...
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* Loch a' Choire Bhuidhe (Applecross)
* Loch a' Choire Leith (near Lochcarron
Lochcarron ( gd, Loch Carrann) is a village, community and civil parish in the Wester Ross area of Highland, Scotland. It has a population of 923.
Locality
The name Lochcarron is also applied to the collection of small settlements strung out al ...
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* Loch a' Choire Mhóir (east of Seana Bhraigh, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Choire Mhóir (east of Ben Wyvis
Ben Wyvis ( gd, Beinn Uais) is a mountain in Easter Ross, in the northern Highlands of Scotland. It lies north-west of Dingwall, in the council area of Highland, and the county of Ross and Cromarty. Ben Wyvis is a large winding and und ...
, Easter Ross)
* Loch a' Choire Riabhaich (Arisaig
Arisaig ( gd, Àrasaig) is a village in Lochaber, Inverness-shire. It lies south of Mallaig on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, within the Rough Bounds. Arisaig is also the traditional name for part of the surrounding peninsula south ...
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* Loch Choire (Sutherland)
*Loch Chon
Loch Chon is a freshwater loch situated west of the village of Aberfoyle, near the small village of Kinlochard, Stirling, Scotland, UK. Loch Chon lies upstream of Loch Ard and to the south of Loch Katrine.
In the past, Loch Chon was known as ...
(Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirli ...
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* Loch a Chrion-doire (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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* Loch a' Chroisg (Strath Kanaird, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Chroisg (Achnasheen, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Chuilinn (Wester Ross)
* Loch Chuinneag (Easter Ross)
* Loch Ciaran (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch nan Clach ( Kingairloch)
* Loch nan Clach (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Loch Clachaig (Argyll and Bute) (reservoir)
* Loch nan Clachan Geala (Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
*Loch Clair
''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 spell ...
(Coulin Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Clàir (near Port Henderson, Wester Ross)
* Loch na Claise Càrnaich (east of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
* Loch na Claise Móire (north of Strath Oykell, Sutherland)
* Loch nan Clàr (west of Kinbrace, Sutherland) (contiguous with Loch Badanloch)
* Loch of the Clans (Nairn)
* Clàr Loch Cnoc Thormaid (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
* Clàr Loch Mór (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
* Clar Lochan ( Rhidorroch Forest, Ross-shire/Sutherland)
* Clatteringshaws Loch (Galloway) (reservoir)
* Clearburn Loch (Scottish Borders)
* Loch na Cleise Feàrna (northeast of Scourie, Sutherland)
* Loch na Cloiche (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Clonyard Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Cluanie
Loch Cluanie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Cluanaidh'') is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland at the south-east end of Glen Shiel. It is a reservoir, contained behind the Cluanie Dam, constructed by Mitchell Construction and completed in 19 ...
(reservoir)
*Loch of Clunie
Loch of Clunie is a small lowland freshwater loch that is located west of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Clunie Castle
The Loch of Clunie has a single island, said to be artificial, which has the remains of Clunie Castle. The house ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Loch Cnoc na Mòinteach (south of Glen Carron)
* Cochno Loch (Clydebank
Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...
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* Loch Coille-Bharr (Argyll and Bute)
* Coire Loch (Sutherland)
* Loch Coire nan Arr (Applecross
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
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* Loch Coire Attadale (Applecross)
* Loch Coire an Lochain (beneath Braeriach in Cairngorms)
* Loch Coire Làir (Wester Ross)
* Loch Coire nam Mang (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Loch Coire nam Feuran (east of Loch Naver, Sutherland)
* Loch Choire Mhic Fhearchair (beneath Beinn Eighe, Wester Ross)
* Loch Coire na Saidhe Duibhe (northeast of Ben Hee, Sutherland)
* Loch Coire an Ruadh-staic (south of Maol Chean-dearg)
* Loch Coire Shùbh (near Kinlochhourn)
*Coldingham Loch
Coldingham Loch is a freshwater loch in the parish of Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire, between Coldingham Moor and St Abb's Head. The loch is a natural spring-fed loch, about from the sea and abo ...
(Scottish Borders)
* Loch Con (north of Loch Errochty
Loch Errochty is a man made freshwater loch situated within the Perth and Kinross council area at the edge of the Scottish Highlands near the Highland Boundary Fault where the topography changes to lowland.
Overview
The Errochty dam lies at ...
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* Loch Connell (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Coodham Lake (Kyle, South Ayrshire)
* Corby Loch (northeast of Dyce, Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
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* Cornish Loch, (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
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* Cotehill Loch (Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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* Loch Coulin (Coulin Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Coulside (south of Tongue, Sutherland)
* Loch Coultrie (Kishorn
Loch Kishorn ( gd, Ciseòrn) is a sea loch in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.
Kishorn is a collective name used to refer to a group of populated settlements located next to the loch.
Topography
Loch Kishorn is a northern branch of Loch ...
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* Loch of the Cowlatt (southeast of Forres)
* Loch Cracail Beag (southeast of Lairg, Sutherland)
* Loch Cracail Mór (southeast of Lairg, Sutherland)
*Loch Craggie
''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 ...
(east of Lairg, Sutherland)
*Loch Craggie
''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 ...
(Glen Oykel, Sutherland)
*Loch Craggie
''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 ...
(southeast of Tongue, Sutherland)
* Craigallian Loch (near Milngavie
Milngavie ( ; gd, Muileann-Ghaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and a suburb of Glasgow. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Milngav ...
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* Craigdow Loch (Ayrshire)
* Loch na Craige (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch of Craiglush
Loch of Craiglush is a freshwater loch, located around north-east of Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), as well as forming part of a Special Area of Conservation.
Fis ...
(Perth and Kinross)
* Loch Crannach (Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
* Craufurdland Loch (East Ayrshire)
* Creagmhor Loch (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch na Creige (Applecross)
* Loch na Creige Duibhe (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
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* Loch na Creige Duibhe (Sutherland)
*Creoch Loch
Creoch Loch (NS 59259 15615), previously known as Little Creoch Loch, is a freshwater loch in the Parish of New Cumnock in the East Ayrshire Council Area between Cumnock and New Cumnock, Scotland. It is located in a glacial kettle hole and is one ...
(Ayrshire)
* Loch na Creige Cràinde (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch Cròcach (south of Loch Eriboll, Sutherland)
* Loch Cròcach (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Loch Cròcach (south of Scourie, Sutherland)
* Loch Cròcach (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Loch Croispol (Durness, Sutherland)
* Crom Loch (Sutherland/Easter Ross)
* Loch Croot (Ayrshire)
* The Cross Lochs (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Loch Cruinn (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch Crunachdan (Glen Shirra, upper Speyside)
* Loch Cruoshie (Wester Ross)
* Loch Cuaich (east of Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Dail Chuinnidh'' "meeting place") is a small village in the Scottish Highlands. Dalwhinnie is located at the head of Glen Truim and the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western edge of the Cairngorms Natio ...
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* Loch nan Cuaran (Inchnadamph Forest, Sutherland)
* Loch Cùl Fraioch (south of Point of Stoer, Sutherland)
* Loch Cùl a Mhill (Sutherland)
* Loch Culag (Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Cults Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch na Curra (Lochrosque Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch na Curra (west of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
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* Daill Loch (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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* Loch nan Dailthean (east of Loch Ewe
Loch Ewe ( gd, Loch Iùbh) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig-speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages, the most notab ...
, Wester Ross)
* Loch an Daimh (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
) (reservoir) (grid reference NN482464)
* Loch an Daimh (Wester Ross) (grid reference NH277944)
* Loch an Daimh, Strathclyde (grid reference NM860109)
* Loch an Daimh, Western Isles (grid reference NB275275)
* Loch an Daimh, Western Isles (grid reference NB399185)
* Loch an Daimh, Western Isles (grid reference NF889677)
* Loch an Daimh Ghlais, Highland (grid reference NH315521)
* Loch an Daimh Mor, Highland (grid reference NC158431)
* Loch Dallas (northeast of Aviemore
Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popul ...
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* Loch Dallas (southeast of Forres)
* Loch Damh (south of Torridon
Torridon (Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torrido ...
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*Loch Davan
Loch Davan is a small, triangular, freshwater loch approximately northeast of Ballater, Scotland and lying immediately north of Loch Kinord. It is approximately in length and was formed from a glacial kettle hole.
The loch sits within the ...
(northeast of Ballater, Aberdeenshire)
*Loch Dee
''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 Anglicisation, angl ...
(Galloway
Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway.
A native or i ...
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* Derclach Loch (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
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* Loch Derculich (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Dernaglar Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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* Loch an Dherue (southwest of Tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ (anatomy), organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive system, digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surfa ...
, Sutherland)
* Loch Diabaigas Airde (west of Torridon)
* Loch Dionard (Strath Dionard, Sutherland)
* Loch Dochard (west of Bridge of Orchy
Bridge of Orchy ( gd, Drochaid Urchaidh) is a village in Glen Orchy in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is named after the crossing over the River Orchy, which was constructed by British Army during the pacification of the Highland Clans following ...
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*Loch Dochart
Loch Dochart is a small freshwater loch on the Lochdochart Estate in Stirling, Scottish Highlands. It lies approximately to the east of the town of Crianlarich at the foot of Ben More. There is a small wooded island in the middle of the loch o ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
*Loch Dochfour
''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 spel ...
(northeast end of Loch Ness)
* Loch Doilet (Sunart
Sunart ( , Scottish Gaelic: ''Suaineart'') is a rural district and community in the south west of Lochaber in Highland, Scotland, on the shores of Loch Sunart, and part of the civil parish of Ardnamurchan. The main village is Strontian, at the head ...
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*Loch Doine
Loch Doine is a small freshwater loch that lies to the west of Balquhidder in the Trossachs and Teith ward within Stirling council area of Scotland. It is a short, narrow loch. It is separated from Loch Voil to the east by a small channel. The L ...
(west of Balquidder, Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirli ...
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* Loch Doir a' Ghearrain (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
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* Loch na Doire Duinne (south of Greenstone Point, Wester Ross)
* Loch Doire na Airbhe (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
* Loch Doire na h-Airighe (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
*Loch Doire nam Mart
Loch Doire nam Mart, also known as Loch Durinemart or Loch Durinemast, is a small, lowland, freshwater loch on the Ardtornish Estate on the Morvern peninsula in the Scottish Highlands. It lies in a northwest to southeast direction approximatel ...
(Morvern
Morvern, historically also spelt Morven, is a peninsula and traditional district in the Highlands, on the west coast of Scotland. It lies south of the districts of Ardgour and Sunart, and is bounded on the north by Loch Sunart and Glen Tarbert, ...
)
* Loch an Doire Dhuibh (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
* Loch na Doire Moire (southeast of Plockton, Lochalsh
Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland (council area), Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch ...
)
* Loch Dola (east of Lairg, Sutherland)
*Loch Doon
Loch Doon ( gd, Loch Dùin, ) is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland. The River Doon issues from its northern end, while the loch itself receives waters from Gala Lane and Loch Enoch (in the Galloway Hills) via Eglin Lane.
History
In the 1 ...
(Carrick, Scotland
Carrick (Irish Gaelic) is a former ''comital'' district of Scotland which today forms part of South Ayrshire.
History
The district of Carrick originally formed part of the 11th- to 12th-century Kingdom of Galloway, whose lords ruled it until 11 ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch Dornal
Loch Dornal is an irregular shaped, shallow, freshwater loch in south Ayrshire, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies approximately northwest of the town of Newton Stewart.
There are several islets in the loch some of which contain arch ...
(Ayrshire / Dumfries and Galloway)
* Dornell Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Douglaston Loch (East Dunbartonshire)
* Dowally Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Loch an Draing (east of Rubha Reidh, Wester Ross)
* Loch an Droighinn (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
)
*Loch Droma
''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 spel ...
(Wester Ross) (reservoir)
* Loch Druidibeag (South Uist
South Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Deas, ; sco, Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the ...
)
* Loch Druim a' Chliabhain (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Loch Druim Suardalain (east of Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Loch Drumbeg (Assynt, Sutherland)
*Loch of Drumellie
Loch of Drumellie also known as Marlee Loch or Loch of Marlee is a small lowland freshwater loch that is located 2.3 miles west of Blairgowrie, in Perth and Kinross The loch is also a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), as w ...
(also known as Marlee Loch) (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
* Drumore Loch (Glenshee
Glen Shee () is a glen in eastern Perthshire, Scotland. Shee Water flows through the glen. The head of the glen, where Gleann Taitneach and Glen Lochsie meet, is approximately 2 km north-west of the Spittal of Glenshee; it then ru ...
) (reservoir)
* Drumlamford Loch (Ayrshire)
*Loch Drunkie
Loch Drunkie ( gd, Loch Drongaidh, ) is a small freshwater loch in the Trossachs near Aberfoyle in the Stirling council area, Scotland.
Geography
This picturesque and irregular Highland loch is shut on all sides by high hills.
Fishing
Since ...
(Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirli ...
) (reservoir)
*An Dubh-loch
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* Airlinair (IATA airline code AN)
* Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy
* AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey
* Anime North, a Canadian a ...
(Applecross)
*Loch Dubh, Loch Ard Forest
Loch Dubh ("Black Loch") is a lochan on the Duchray Water in the western part of Loch Ard Forest in the Central Highlands of Scotland.
Location
Loch Dubh nestles in a wooded valley called Gleann Dubh at a height of about 140 metres above s ...
(east of Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laomainn, 'Beacon Mountain'), , is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros. Ben Lomond lies within the Ben Lomond National Me ...
)
* Loch Dubh (northwest of Dunbeath, Caithness)
* Loch Dubh, Ullapool (northeast of Ullapool) (continuous with Loch Ob an Lochain and Loch Dubh Beag)
* Dubh Loch (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Dubh Loch (Argyll and Bute)
* Dubh Loch (Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
)
* Dubh Loch (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Dubh Beag (northeast of Ullapool) (continuous with Loch Dubh and Loch Ob an Lochain)
* Dubh Loch Beag (Benmore Forest, Sutherland) (larger than its neighbour Dubh Loch Mór)
* Loch Dubh a' Chuail (Sutherland)
* Dubh-loch na Creige Riabhach (east of Ben Hope, Sutherland)
* Loch an Dubh? (Knoydart
Knoydart (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cnòideart'') is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. Knoydart is sandwiched between Lochs Nevis and Hourn — often translated as "Loch Heaven" (from the Gaelic ''Loch Néimh'') an ...
)
* Lochan Dubh nan Geodh (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Dubh Loch Mór (Benmore Forest, Sutherland) (smaller than its neighbour Dubh Loch Beag)
* Lochanan Dubha (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Duddingston Loch
Duddingston Loch is a lake, or freshwater loch, in Edinburgh. It is one of the last two remaining natural lochs within the city, the other being Lochend Loch. It is situated to the south of Holyrood Park and lies southwest of the village of Dud ...
(Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
)
*Loch Dùghaill
Loch Dùghaill (also anglicised as Loch Doule or Loch Doughaill) is a freshwater tidal loch on the River Carron in Wester Ross, Scotland. The A890 road and the Kyle of Lochalsh Line a branch of the Highland railway both run along its northwest ...
(south of Shieldaig
Shieldaig ( gd, Sìldeag; on, síld- vík, lit= herring bay)W. J. Watson''Place-names of Ross and Cromarty'' 1904, p. 208. is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Geography ...
)
* Loch an Dùin (Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Histor ...
)
* Dumbrock Loch (near Milngavie
Milngavie ( ; gd, Muileann-Ghaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and a suburb of Glasgow. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Milngav ...
)
*Dunalastair Water
Dunalastair Water (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Dhùn Alastair") is an entirely man made reservoir in Scotland which lies between Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel in Strath Tummel in Perth and Kinross council area. The loch provides water power for the Tu ...
(Perthshire) (reservoir)
*Dundas Loch Dundas may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Dundas, New South Wales
* Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region
* Dundas, Tasmania
* Dundas, Western Australia
* Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828
* Shire of ...
(Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
)
*Loch Dungeon
''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 Anglicisation, angli ...
(Dumfries and Galloway) (reservoir)
*Dunsapie Loch
Holyrood Park (also called the Queen's Park or King's Park depending on the reigning monarch's gender) is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It is open to the public. It has an array of hills, loc ...
(Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
)
* Dun's Dish (east of Brechin
Brechin (; gd, Breichin) is a city and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today ...
)
*Loch Duntelchaig
Loch Duntelchaig (from the Scottish Gaelic Loch Dun Seilcheig) is a freshwater loch in the traditional county of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It extends from the southwest to its outflow in the northeast and measures up to at its ...
(Inverness-shire)
* Dunviden Lochs (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
* Dupplin Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
E
* Loch na h-Eaglaise Beag (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Loch Ealach Beag (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Loch Ealach Mór (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Loch nan Ealachan (Lochalsh)
* Loch nan Ealachan (Achfary, Sutherland)
* Lochan na h-Earba (Badenoch
Badenoch (from gd, Bàideanach, meaning "drowned land") is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by th ...
) (actually two adjoining lochs connected by a river) (eastern one is a reservoir)
* Earlstoun Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch Earn
Loch Earn (Scottish Gaelic language, Scottish Gaelic, ''Loch Eire/Loch Éireann'') is a freshwater loch in the southern Scottish Highlands, highlands of Scotland, in the districts of Perth and Kinross and Stirling (council area), Stirling.
Th ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
/Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirli ...
)
* Loch na h-Earrainn (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
)
* Loch an Easain Uaine (between Foinaven and Arkle, Sutherland)
*Loch Eck
Loch Eck (Gaelic: ''Loch Eich'') is a freshwater loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is long. Along with Loch Lomond, it is the only naturally occurring habitat of the Powan (fish).Freyhof, J. & ...
(Argyll and Bute)
* Loch Ederline (Argyll and Bute)
* Edingham Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch an Eich Dhuibh
''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 spell ...
(Strathnasheallag Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Eigheach (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch an Eilean
''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 spellin ...
(Rhidorroch Forest, Sutherland)
* Loch Eileanach (south of Loch Loyal, Sutherland)
* Loch Eilde Beag (Mamores
The Mamores are a group of mountains in the Lochaber area of the Grampian Mountains in the Scottish Highlands. They form an east–west ridge approximately fifteen kilometres in length lying between Glen Nevis to the north and Loch Leven to the s ...
)
* Loch Eilde Mòr (Mamores
The Mamores are a group of mountains in the Lochaber area of the Grampian Mountains in the Scottish Highlands. They form an east–west ridge approximately fifteen kilometres in length lying between Glen Nevis to the north and Loch Leven to the s ...
)
* Loch an Eileanach (northeast of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
* Loch Eileanach (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch an Eilein
Loch an Eilein is a small irregular shaped, freshwater loch in the Rothiemurchus Forest about south of Aviemore, Scotland in Cairngorms National Park. Loch an Eilein comes from the Scottish Gaelic and means 'Loch of the island'. The loch is cons ...
(Rothiemurchus Forest
Rothiemurchus Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest at near Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is in the Highland region.
The forest is popular for recreation and contains important independent wildlife, including the osprey, Scotti ...
, Highland)
*Loch an Eilein
Loch an Eilein is a small irregular shaped, freshwater loch in the Rothiemurchus Forest about south of Aviemore, Scotland in Cairngorms National Park. Loch an Eilein comes from the Scottish Gaelic and means 'Loch of the island'. The loch is cons ...
(Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Eilt
Loch Eilt is a freshwater loch in Lochaber, in the West Highlands of Scotland. It is between the villages of Glenfinnan and Lochailort, 30 km west of Fort William. The A830 road runs along the north shore, while the West Highland Line ra ...
(Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
)
*Loch Einich
''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 spellin ...
(Cairngorms)
* Loch an Eion (north of Maol Chean-dearg)
* Loch an Eircill (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
* Loch Eireagoraidh (east of Mallaig
Mallaig (; gd, Malaig derived from Old Norse , meaning sand dune bay) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort William ...
)
* Loch Eldrig (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Ellrig (Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
)
* Elrig Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Enoch
Loch Enoch is a multi-basin freshwater loch in Galloway, to the east of Merrick and south of Mullwharchar. The loch is situated in a granite basin and has several small islands and some beaches on its shore. The sharp granite sand of these bea ...
(Galloway)
* Loch an Eòin (Sutherland)
*Loch Errochty
Loch Errochty is a man made freshwater loch situated within the Perth and Kinross council area at the edge of the Scottish Highlands near the Highland Boundary Fault where the topography changes to lowland.
Overview
The Errochty dam lies at ...
(Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
*Loch Ericht
Loch Ericht (Scottish Gaelic, ''Loch Eireachd'') is a freshwater loch on the border between the former Perthshire, now Perth and Kinross and the former Inverness-shire, now Highlands Council areas of Scotland. It has a north-east to south-west ...
(Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
* Erncrogo Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Esk (Glen Clova
The Five Glens of Angus are the five Highland glens located in the western portion of the Angus region of Scotland. The five glens from westernmost to easternmost are:
*Glen Isla
*Glen Prosen
*Glen Clova
*Glen Lethnot
* Glen Esk
Glen Clova is ...
)
* Loch Essan (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
* Essenside Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
)
*Loch Etchachan
Loch Etchachan is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. It is the highest waterbody of its size in the UK, the surface being above ...
(Cairngorms)
*Loch Ettrick
Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, ...
(Dumfriesshire)
*Loch nan Eun
Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...
(east of Rubha Reidh, Wester Ross)
*Loch nan Eun
Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...
(Gleann Taitneach, Perth and Kinross, west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland).JPG
, photo_caption = The north-eastern side of ''The Cairnwell'' as seen from near ''Sron na Gaoithe''.
, elevation_m = 933
, elevation_ref =
, promi ...
)
*Loch nan Eun
Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...
(Inverinate Forest)
*Loch nan Eun
Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...
(southeast of Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...
)
*Loch nan Eun
Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...
(Applecross
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
)
*Loch nan Eun
Loch nan Eun is a remote freshwater loch, located in Gleann Taitneach in the Grampian Mountains, Perth and Kinross, some 4.5 miles west of The Cairnwell
, photo = The Cairnwell (An Càrn Bhailg) (Cairngorm Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotla ...
(west of Muir of Ord)
*Loch Eye
Loch Eye is a shallow freshwater loch, located close to the east coast of Scotland between the Moray Firth, Dornoch Firth and Cromarty Firth. Covering an area of 205 hectares, it is an important site for waterfowl and has been protected since 19 ...
(Easter Ross)
F
* Loch Fada (Wester Ross)
* Lochan Fada (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross) (one of the largest 'lochans')
* Lochan Fada (south of Canisp, Sutherland)
* Loch na Faic (west of Glen Cassley, Sutherland)
* Fairy Lochs (south east of Badachro
Badachro () is a former fishing village, in the north west Highlands of Scotland.
Geography
Badachro sits about 3 km south of Gairloch on the shore of Gair Loch, and is a natural harbour popular with yachts. Approximately 2 miles to the SE ...
, Wester Ross)
*Loch Fannich
Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in Scotland. The loch is located west of Strathpeffer.
Etymology
The name ''Fannich'' may represent an adaption into Gaelic of an earlier Pictish
Pictish is the extinct Brittonic language spo ...
(Wester Ross) (reservoir)
* Fannyside Lochs (North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also ...
)
* Loch na Faoilinn (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
)
* Loch Farlary (northwest of Golspie, Sutherland)
* Loch Farr (Strathnairn, near Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
)
*Loch Faskally
Loch Faskally (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Faschoille) is a man-made reservoir in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, northwest of Pitlochry.
Geography
The loch lies between steeply wooded hills and is approximately in length, narrowing to around wide. ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
) (reservoir)
* Loch Feith an Leòthaid (Assynt, Sutherland)
* Loch na Féithe Mùgaig (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Fell Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
)
* Fellcroft Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Fender (Perth and Kinross)
*Loch Fergus
Loch Fergus (NS 3932 1823) is a freshwater post-glacial "Kettle Hole" sometimes recorded as Fergus Loch. It is quite visible and is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road between the farms and dwellings of Trees, Lochfergus and Bowma ...
(Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
)
* Loch Fern (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch an Fhiarlaid (Wester Ross)
* Loch a Fhraoich (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch an Fhuar Thuill Mhóir (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch nam Fiadh (Wester Ross)
* Loch Fiag (northeast of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
* Am Fiar-loch (Strathconon Forest)
* Fincharn Loch (Argyll and Bute)
*Fingask Loch
Fingask Loch is a small lowland freshwater loch that is about three-quarters of a mile from Rae Loch in the valley of the Lunan Burn and is 1.5 miles south-east of Blairgowrie, in Perth and Kinross. Directly to the east is the smaller White ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
* Loch Finlas (Ayrshire) (reservoir)
* Loch Finnart (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
)
*Fionn Loch
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 Fin ...
(Assynt, Sutherland
*Fionn Loch
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 Fin ...
(Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
*Fionn Loch
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 Fin ...
(Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
* Fionn Loch Beag (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
* Fionn Loch Mór (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
* Loch Fithie (Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
)
* Loch Fitty (Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
)
*Loch Fleet
Loch Fleet ( gd, Loch Fleòid) is a sea loch on the east coast of Scotland, located between Golspie and Dornoch. It forms the estuary of the River Fleet, a small spate river that rises in the hills east of Lairg. The loch was designated a Nationa ...
(Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Flemington (Nairn)
* Loch Fleodach Coire (Inchnadamph Forest, Sutherland)
* Loch of Forfar (Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
)
* Loch Freasdail (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Freuchie
Loch Freuchie, also known as Fraoch, the heatherly loch, is a large freshwater loch on a north-west to south-east orientation, within Glen Quaich in Perth and Kinross. The loch is located west of Amulree and southeast of Kenmore.
History ...
(Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Loch Freumhach (west of Beinn Alligin
Beinn Alligin ( gd, Beinn Àilleagan) is one of the classic mountains of the Torridon region of Scotland, lying to the north of Loch Torridon, in the Highlands. The name Beinn Alligin is from the Scottish Gaelic, meaning ''Jewelled Hill''. ...
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* Loch Frith Cheannardaidh (east Sutherland)
* Fuar Loch Beag (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
* Fuar Loch Mór (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch na Fuaralachd (Sutherland)
* Loch na Fuaralaich (southwest of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
* Loch Fuar-Bheinne (Argyll and Bute)
* Fyn Loch (Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
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* Loch of Fyntalloch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch of Fyvie (Fyvie Castle
Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century – some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the si ...
grounds, Fyvie
Fyvie is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Geography
Fyvie lies alongside the River Ythan and is on the A947 road.
Architecture
What in 1990, at least, was a Clydesdale Bank was built in 1866 by James Matthews. The ...
, Aberdeenshire)
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* Loch na Gabhalach Nodha (Sutherland)
* Loch nan Gabhar (Ardgour
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* Loch nan Gad (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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* Gaddon Loch (nature reserve, Fife)
* Loch nan Gad (Argyll and Bute)
*Gadloch
The Gadloch (also colloquially referred to as Lenzie Loch) is a fresh water loch in North Lanarkshire, situated near the town of Lenzie, Scotland.
To the south of the loch is the small village of Auchinloch, the village's name means "Field of t ...
(Lenzie
Lenzie () is an affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. ...
, East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bear ...
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* Loch Gaineamhach (Applecross
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
) (one of two in Applecross)
* Loch Gaineamhach (south of Ben Kilbreck, Sutherland)
* Loch Gaineamhach (Applecross
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
) (one of two in Applecross)
* Loch Gaineamhach (Shieldaig Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Gaineamhach Beag (northwest of Beinn Alligin
Beinn Alligin ( gd, Beinn Àilleagan) is one of the classic mountains of the Torridon region of Scotland, lying to the north of Loch Torridon, in the Highlands. The name Beinn Alligin is from the Scottish Gaelic, meaning ''Jewelled Hill''. ...
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* Loch Gaineamhaich (Strathnasheallag Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Gaineanhach (Argyll and Bute)
* Loch Gaineimh (west of Kinbrace, Sutherland)
* Loch Gaineimh (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Loch na Gaineimh (north of Strath Brora, Sutherland)
* Loch na Gainimh (north of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
* Loch na Gainimh (north of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
* Loch na Gainimh (east of Suilven, Sutherland)
* Loch na Gainmhich (west of Kyle of Durness, Sutherland)
* Loch na Gainmhich (south of Kylesku, Sutherland)
*Gair Loch
Loch Gairloch is a sea loch on the North West coast of Highland, Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic it is ''an Geàrr Loch'' meaning 'the short loch'. Around long by wide, it leads west to the Little Minch. The B8021 and B8056 run around its northe ...
(Wester Ross)
* Loch nan Gall (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
* Loch Gamhna (Rothiemurchus Forest
Rothiemurchus Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest at near Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is in the Highland region.
The forest is popular for recreation and contains important independent wildlife, including the osprey, Scotti ...
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* Loch a' Garbh-bhaid Mór (south of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
* Garbh Loch (Flow Country, Caithness)
* Garbh Loch Mór (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Garbh Loch na h-Uidhe Doimhne (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
* Loch Garbhaig (Flowerdale Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Garbhaig (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross)
*Gare Loch
The Gare Loch or Gareloch ( gd, An Gearr Loch) is an open sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and bears a similar name to the village of Gairloch in the north west Highlands.
The loch is well used for sailing, recreational boating, list of w ...
(Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Loch Garry
Loch Garry (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garraidh) is a freshwater loch 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Loch Garry is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, an ...
(Inverness-shire) (reservoir)
*Loch Garry
Loch Garry (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garraidh) is a freshwater loch 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Loch Garry is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, an ...
(Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Histor ...
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* Loch Garten (Strathspey Strathspey may refer to one of the following:
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* Strathspey Camanachd
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*Loch Garve
''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 ...
(Easter Ross)
* Loch Gate (East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...
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* An Gead Loch (Wester Ross)
*Loch Gelly
Loch Gelly (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Gheallaidh'') is a small loch in Fife, Scotland lying approximately 1.5 km to the south east of the town of Lochgelly
Lochgelly ( ; gd, Loch Gheallaidh, IPA: ɫ̪ɔxˈʝaɫ̪ai is a town in Fife, ...
(Fife)
* Loch a' Gharbh-doire (north of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Gharbhrain (Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Gheodha Ruaidh (south of Cape Wrath, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Ghille (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Ghille Ghobhaich (south of Mallaig
Mallaig (; gd, Malaig derived from Old Norse , meaning sand dune bay) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort William ...
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* Loch Ghiubhsachain (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch Ghiuragarstidh (east of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Ghleannain Shalaich (south of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Ghlinnein (Assynt, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Ghobha-Dhuibh (beneath Ben Hope, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Ghobhainn (Shieldaig Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch a' Ghorm-choire (east of Ben Hee, Sutherland)
* Loch a' Ghriama (off Loch Shin, Sutherland)
*Loch Ghuilbinn
''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 spel ...
(Lochaber
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* Loch nan Gillean (near Plockton, Lochalsh
Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland (council area), Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch ...
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* Loch na Glaic (Sutherland)
*Loch Glascarnoch
Loch Glascarnoch is a reservoir in the highlands of Scotland between Ullapool and Inverness. It is dammed on its eastern end.
The reservoir was created in 1957 and forms part of the Conon Hydro-electric Power Scheme. The A835
The A835 is a ...
(Wester Ross) (reservoir)
*Loch Glashan
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In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spel ...
(Argyll and Bute) (reservoir)
* An Glas-loch (southwest of Altnaharra, Sutherland)
* Glas-loch Mór (Sutherland)
*Loch Glass
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(Easter Ross) (reservoir)
* Loch Glassie (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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* Gleann Loch (Argyll and Bute) (reservoir)
* Loch Gleannan a' Choit (southeast of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
* Loch Gleannan a' Mhadaidh (south of Suilven, Sutherland)
* Glenbuck Loch (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
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* Glentoo Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
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* Loch Glow (Fife)
* Loch a' Ghobhainn (Shieldaig Forest, Wester Ross)
* Loch a'Ghobhair (northeast of Bonar Bridge)
* Loch Goosey (Ayrshire)
* Loch Goosie (Ayrshire)
*Loch Gorm
''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 spell ...
(Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
* Gorm Loch (Ross and Cromarty)
* Gorm Loch (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
* An Gorm-loch (Strathconon Forest)
* Gorm-loch Beag (Sutherland)
* Gorm-loch Mór (Sutherland)
* Gorm Loch Mór (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross)
* Gorm Loch Mór (northwest of Loch Assynt, Sutherland)
* Gorm Loch Mór (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
*Loch Gowan
''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 spell ...
(south of Achnasheen
Achnasheen (Gaelic ''Achadh na Sìne'') is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland.
The village is situated on the River Bran at the junction of two roads built by Thomas Telford.
Despite the size of the village, ...
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* Loch Grannoch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Loch Grùdaidh (Sutherland)
* Loch Gynack (near Kingussie, Speyside)
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* Lochan Hakel (south of Tongue, Sutherland)
* Hallhills Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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* Loch Haluim (south of Tongue, Sutherland)
*Loch Harrow
''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 ...
(Dumfries and Galloway)
* Headshaw Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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* Loch Heilen (Caithness)
* Hellmoor Loch (Scottish Borders)
* Loch Hempriggs (Thrumster, Caithness)
* Hen Poo (Duns Castle
Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a scheduled anc ...
, Scottish Borders)
* Loch Heron (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Hightae Mill Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
* Hogganfield Loch (near Glasgow
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* Loch Hope (Sutherland)
* Loch Horn (west of Brora
Brora ( , gd, Brùra) is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland.
Origin of the name
The name ''Brora'' is derived from Old Norse and means "river with a bridge".
History
Brora is a small industrial village, ha ...
, Sutherland)
* Hoselaw Loch (Scottish Borders)
* Loch Howie (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Humphrey (Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
) (reservoir)
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*Loch an Iasaich (Attadale Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch an Iasgair (northwest of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
*Loch Ille Mhòr (north of Carrbridge
Carrbridge ( sco, Carrbrig, gd, Drochaid Chàrr) is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 on the A938, west of Skye of Curr and southeast of Tomatin, near Bogroy. It has the oldest stone bridge in ...
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*Loch Inchard (Sutherland)
*Loch Innis na Bà Buidhe (Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
*Loch Innis Thorcaill (west of Loch Assynt, Sutherland)
*Loch Insh (Speyside)
*Loch Inshore (west of Kyle of Durness, Sutherland)
*Loch Iol-ghaoith (Sutherland)
*Loch Iubhair (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Jordieland Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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*Loch Katrine (Stirlingshire
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*Loch Keisgaig (south of Cape Wrath, Sutherland)
*Loch Kemp (southeast of Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...
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*Loch Ken (Dumfries and Galloway) (reservoir)
*Loch Kennard (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Kernsary (east of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
*Kerse Loch (Ayrshire
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*Kilbirnie Loch (North Ayrshire)
*Kilcaigrie Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Kilchoan Lochs (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Kilconquhar Loch Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
*Loch Killimster (Caithness)
*Loch Killin (southeast of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire)
*Killypole Loch (Kintyre
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*Loch Kinardochy (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Kindar (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Kinghorn Loch (Fife)
*Kingside Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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*Loch Kinord (Aberdeenshire
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It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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*Loch of Kinnordy (Angus
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*Kirk Loch, Dumfries and Galloway, Kirk Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Kirkaldy (south of Nairn)
*Kirriemore Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Kirriereoch Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Knapps Loch (Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...
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*Loch Knockie (southeast of Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...
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*Knockruan Loch (Kintyre)
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*Loch an Lagain (northeast of Bonar Bridge)
*Loch Laggan, Badenoch, Loch Laggan (Badenoch) (reservoir in two parts)
*Loch Laggan, Kippen, Loch Laggan (Stirlingshire
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*Loch Laide (northwest of Loch Ness)
*Loch Laidon (Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor (, gd, Mòinteach Raineach/Raithneach) is an expanse of around of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland, where it extends from and into westerly Perth and Kinross, northerly Lochaber (in Highland), and the area of ...
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*Lanark Loch (Lanark, South Lanarkshire)
*Lochan na lairige (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch nan Lann (southeast of Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...
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*Loch Lànnsaidh (near Dornoch)
*Loch an Laoigh (south of Achnashellach)
*Loch Laoigh (near Dornoch)
*Loch na Lap (east of Loch Treig)
*Loch na Larach (Oldshoremore, Sutherland)
*Loch Laro (north of Bonar Bridge)
*Loch Laxford (Sutherland)
*Loch Leacann (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Loch Leathan (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch an Leathiad Bhuain (Glendhu Forest, Sutherland)
*Ledcrieff Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Lednock (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch Lee ( Glen Esk)
*Loch Leir (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch na Leirisdein (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
*Loch Leitir Easaidh (west of Loch Assynt, Sutherland)
*Loch na Leitire (east of Plockton, Lochalsh
Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland (council area), Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch ...
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*Loch na Leitreach (Lochalsh)
*Loch an Leòid (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Loch an Leothaid (southeast of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
*Loch Leven (Kinross), Loch Leven (site of Loch Leven Castle)
*Loch Lì (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch nan Liagh (west of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
*Loch Liath (north of Glen Moriston, Inverness-shire)
*Loch Libo (near Barrhead)
*Lilly Loch (North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also ...
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*Lily Loch (northeast of Dyce, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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*Lily Loch (Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
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*Lindores Loch (Fife)
*Lindston Loch ( Dalrymple)
*Linfern Loch (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
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*Linlithgow Loch (Linlithgow, West Lothian)
*Loch Linne (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch of Lintrathen (Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
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*Little Loch Skiach (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Loch (Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Histor ...
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*Lochaber Loch (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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*Lochend Loch, Coylton, Lochend Loch (South Ayrshire)
*Drumpellier Country Park, Lochend Loch (Coatbridge)
*Lochenkit Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Lochindorb (south of Nairn)
*Lochinvar (Dumfries and Galloway) (reservoir)
*Lochmill Loch (Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
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*Lochnagar (Grampian)
*Lochrutton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Lochy (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
, Highland (council area), Highland)
*Loch an Lòin (north of Kishorn
Loch Kishorn ( gd, Ciseòrn) is a sea loch in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.
Kishorn is a collective name used to refer to a group of populated settlements located next to the loch.
Topography
Loch Kishorn is a northern branch of Loch ...
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*Loch na Loinne (south of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
*Loirston Loch (Aberdeen)
*Loch of Lomashion (Duncansby Head, Caithness)
*Loch Lomond (West Dunbartonshire/Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
/Stirling district)
*Loch Lòn na h-Uamha (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
*Long Loch, Renfrewshire, Long Loch (Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...
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*Long Loch, Angus, Long Loch (Angus
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Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
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*Long Loch of Glenhead (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Long Loch of the Dungeon (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch nan Losgann (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Loch o' th' Lowes, New Cumnock, (East Ayrshire)
*Loch of the Lowes (near Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch of the Lowes (adjacent to St Mary's Loch)
*Lowes Loch, Ayrshire
*Loch Loyal (Sutherland)
*Loch Loyne (Inverness-shire) (reservoir)
*Loch nan Lùb (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
*Loch Lubnaig (Callander, Stirling)
*Loch Luchd Choire (Sutherland)
*Loch Luichart (Wester Ross) (reservoir)
*Lundie Loch (Dundee)
*Loch Lundie, Applecross, Loch Lundie (Applecross
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
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*Loch Lundie, Lochalsh, Loch Lundie (near Plockton, Lochalsh
Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland (council area), Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch ...
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*Loch Lundie (north of Invergarry
Invergarry ( gd, Inbhir Garadh) is a village in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry, Inverness-shire, River Garry flows into Loch Oich.
Geography
Near the centre of the village is th ...
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*Lochan Lùnn Dà-bhrà (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
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*Loch Lunndaidh (west of Golspie, Sutherland)
*Loch Lurgainn (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Lussa Loch (Kintyre
Kintyre ( gd, Cinn Tìre, ) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north. The region immediately north ...
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*Loch Lyon (Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
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*Loch Maberry (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
/ Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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*Loch Macaterick (Ayrshire)
*Loch Magharaidh (Easter Ross)
*Loch Magillie (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Mahaick (Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirli ...
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*Maiden Loch (northwest of Lochinver, Sutherland)
*Loch Mallachie (Abernethy Forest
Abernethy Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest in Strathspey, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies within the Cairngorms National Park, close to the villages of Nethy Bridge, Boat of Garten, and Aviemore. The forest is a ...
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*Loch Màma (Lochaber
Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...
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*Loch Mannoch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Manse Loch (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
*Many Lochs (Dunnet Head, Caithness)
*Loch na Maoile (or Loch Maoile) (northeast of Ullapool)
*Loch Maovally (east of Loch Eriboll, Sutherland)
*Loch Maragan (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Maree (Wester Ross, fourth largest by surface area)
*Marlee Loch (also known as Loch of Drumellie) (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Martnaham Loch (Ayrshire)
*Loch Meadie (north of Ben Hope, Sutherland)
*Loch Meadaidh (south of Durness, Sutherland)
*Loch Meadie, Sutherland, Loch Meadie (Sutherland)
*Loch Meadie, Caithness, Loch Meadie (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch Meadie, Bettyhill (southeast of Bettyhill, Sutherland)
*Loch Meala (southeast of Bettyhill, Sutherland)
*Loch Meall Dheirgidh (east Sutherland)
*Loch Meall a' Bhùirich (east of Glen Oykel, Sutherland)
*Meall Mhor Loch (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe (Ben Nevis) (the 'halfway lochan' on ascent)
*Lochain Meallan a' Chuail (Sutherland)
*Loch Meig (Strathconon) (reservoir)
*Meikle Loch (east of Ellon, Aberdeenshire)
*Loch Meldalloch (Argyll and Bute)
*Lake of Menteith
Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig''), is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling (the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream from Stirling).
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(Stirlingshire)
*Loch Merkland (Sutherland)
*Methven Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch nam Meur (Balmacaan Forest, Inverness-shire) (two nearby lochs sharing same name)
*Loch of Mey (Caithness)
*Loch a' Mhadaidh (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch a Mhadaidh Mór (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch a' Mhadail (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
*Loch Mhoicean (head of Glen Elchaig)
*Lochan a' Mhadaidh Riabhaich (Ardnamurchan)
*Loch Mhic Ghille-chaoile (Glen Einich, Cairngorms)
*Loch Mhic Mhàirtein (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Mheugaidh (Rannoch)
*Loch Mhòr (Inverness-shire) (reservoir)
*Loch Mhuilich (north of Loch Monar)
*Loch a' Mhuilinn, Tongue, Loch a' Mhuilinn (northwest of Tongue, Sutherland)
*Loch a' Mhuilinn, Strath Halladale, Loch a' Mhuilinn (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
*Loch a' Mhuilinn, Flow Country, Loch a' Mhuilinn (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch a' Mhuilinn, Balmacaan Forest, Loch a' Mhuilinn (Balmacaan Forest, Inverness-shire) (two nearby lochs sharing the same name)
*Loch a’ Mhuillidh (Glen Strathfarrar, Inverness-shire)
*Loch a' Mhuillinn (north of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
*Loch a' Mhuirt (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
*Loch a' Mhullaich (west of Torridon
Torridon (Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torrido ...
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*Loch Middle (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Migdale (near Bonar Bridge)
*Mill Loch, Dumfries and Galloway, Mill Loch (near Lochmaben, Dumfries and Galloway)
*Milton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Minnoch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Mire Loch (St. Abb's Head, Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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*Loch Misirich (Easter Ross)
*Loch na Mnatha (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
*Loch Moan (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Mochrum Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Mochrum Loch (near Maybole, Ayrshire)
*Loch na Mòine (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch na Mòine Beag (Lochrosque Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch na Mòine Buige (Wester Ross)
*Loch na Mòine Mór (Lochrosque Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Mòine Sheilg (Wester Ross)
*Loch Monaghan (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Monar (reservoir)
*Monk Myre (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Monzievaird (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Moor Loch (Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
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*Loch Mór Bad an Ducharaich (Strathnasheallag Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Mór na Caorach (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Loch Mór Ceann na Sàile (south of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
*Loch Mor a' Chraisg (north of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
*Loch Moraig (Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Histor ...
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*Loch Morar, fifth largest by surface area, deepest freshwater body in the British Isles
*Loch More, Sutherland, Loch More (Sutherland)
*Loch More, Caithness, Loch More (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch Morie (Easter Ross)
*Loch Morlich (Cairngorms)
*Morton Lochs, Fife
*Loch Moy (southeast of Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
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*Loch na Mucnaich (Reay Forest, Sutherland)
*Loch Mudle (Ardnamurchan)
*Mugdock Loch (near Milngavie
Milngavie ( ; gd, Muileann-Ghaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and a suburb of Glasgow. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Milngav ...
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*Loch Muick (Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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*Loch Muigh-bhlàraidh (Easter Ross)
*Loch Mullardoch (reservoir)
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*Loch Nant (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch Naver (Sutherland)
*Loch Neaty (Eskdale Moor, Inverness-shire)
*Lochan Neimhe (east of Torridon)
*Loch Neldricken, Galloway
*Loch Nell (southeast of Oban)
*Loch Ness
Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...
, the second largest by surface area and largest by volume
*Nicholl's Loch (Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
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*Loch an Nighe Leathaid (beneath Arkle, Sutherland)
*Loch an Nid (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Noir (southeast of Forres)
*Loch an Nostarie (southeast of Mallaig
Mallaig (; gd, Malaig derived from Old Norse , meaning sand dune bay) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort William ...
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*Loch Ob an Lochain (northeast of Ullapool) (continuous with Loch Dubh and Loch Dubh Beag)
*Loch Ochiltree (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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*Loch Oich (Great Glen) (level artificially raised)
*Loch na h-Oidhche (Flowerdale Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Olginey (Caithness)
*Loch Ordie (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Ore, (Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
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*Loch Osgaig (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Loch Ospisdale near Dornoch, (artificial)
*Loch Ossian
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*Pitlyal Loch (Angus)
*Loch nam Paitean (Moidart
Moidart ( ; ) is part of the remote and isolated area of Scotland, west of Fort William, known as the Rough Bounds. Moidart itself is almost surrounded by bodies of water. Loch Shiel cuts off the eastern boundary of the district (along a south ...
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*Palm Loch (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Loch of Park (east of Banchory, Aberdeenshire) (marsh)
*Loch Patrick (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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*Loch Pattack (Badenoch
Badenoch (from gd, Bàideanach, meaning "drowned land") is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by th ...
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*Loch Phadruig (Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an elevation of .
The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' prop ...
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*Loch a' Phearsainn (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
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*Loch a' Phreasan Chailltean (south of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
*Loch a' Phuill Bhuidhe (south of Cape Wrath, Sutherland)
*Loch Pityoulish (east of Aviemore
Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popul ...
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*Plaid Loch near Drongan, East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...
*Loch Poll (Assynt, Sutherland)
*Loch Poll Daidh (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
*Pond of Drummond (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Portmore Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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*Possil Loch (near Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
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*Loch Poulary (on River Garry, Perthshire, River Garry)
*Loch Preas nan Aighean (northeast of Lochinver, Sutherland)
*Loch Preas nan Sgiathanach (Sutherland)
*Loch Prille (Ross and Cromarty)
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*Loch Quoich (reservoir)
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*Loch Raa (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Loch Racadal (Argyll and Bute
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*Loch Rangag (northwest of Lybster, Caithness)
*Loch Rannoch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Rae Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Redmyre Loch (Dundee)
*Rescobie Loch (Angus
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Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
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Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
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Scotland
* An ...
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*Loch Restil (Argyll and Bute)
*Rhifail Loch (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Loch Riabhachain (east of Cannich, Inverness-shire))
*Loch Riecawr (Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
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*Loch Rifa-gil (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Loch Rimsdale (Sutherland)
*Loch Roan (Dumfries and Galloway
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*Romach Loch (south of Forres
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*Loch Romain (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Rosail (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Rotmell Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Round Loch of Glenhead (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Round Loch of the Dungeon (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Roy (beneath Creag Meagaidh)
*Loch Ruard (northwest of Lybster, Caithness)
*Loch an Ruathair (north of Kinbrace, Sutherland)
*Loch na Ruighe Duibhe (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
*Loch Rumsdale (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch Rusky (Stirlingshire
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*Loch Ruthven (southeast of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire)
*Loch Ronald (Dumfries and Galloway)
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*St. John's Loch (Dunnet, Caithness)
*St Margaret's Loch, artificial loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
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*St. Mary's Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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*Loch Sàinn (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch Saird (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch Salachaidh (west of Golspie, Sutherland)
*Sand Loch (Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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*Loch Sand (northwest of Dunbeath, Caithness)
*Sandwood Loch (north of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
*Loch na Saobhaidhe (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Loch Saorach (Caithness)
*Lochan Saorach (Perthshire)
*Loch of Sarclet (Thrumster, Caithness)
*Loch Saugh (Angus
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Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
) (reservoir)
*Loch Scalloch (Ayrshire
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*Loch Scalpaidh (Kyle of Lochalsh)
*Loch Scammadale (south of Oban)
*Loch Scarmclate (Caithness)
*Loch Scaven, (Wester Ross)
*Loch Scoly (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Scrabster Loch (Caithness)
*Loch Scridain (Mull)
*Loch Scye (Caithness)
*Loch Sealbhanach (Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire)
*Loch na Sealga (Wester Ross)
*Loch an t-Seana-bhaile (northwest of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
*Loch an t-Seilg (north of Ben Hee, Sutherland)
*Loch na Seilg (beneath Ben Hope, Sutherland)
*Loch na Seilge, Sutherland, Loch na Seilge (east of Arkle, Sutherland)
*Loch na Seilge, Caithness, Loch na Seilge (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch an t-Seilich ( Gaick Forest)
*Loch Sgamhain (Glen Carron)
*Loch na Sgeallaig (Corrour)
*Loch Sgeireach, Wester Ross, Loch Sgeireach (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Sgeireach, Sutherland, Loch Sgeireach (southwest of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
*Lochan Sgeireach (Sutherland)
*Loch an Sgòir (Ben Alder
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*Loch Sguod (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
*Loch Shandra (Glen Isla
The River Isla ( gd, Abhainn Ìle) is a tributary of the River Tay in Angus and Perthshire, Scotland. It runs for 46 miles (74 km) through the Kirkton of Glenisla (Clachan Ghlinn Ìle) and Strathmore (An Srath Mòr).
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*Shankston Loch, (Ayrshire)
*Shaws Under Loch (Scottish Borders)
*Shaws Upper Loch (Scottish Borders)
*Loch Sheilah (north of Alness, Easter Ross)
*Loch Shield East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...
*Loch Shiel, (Lochaber
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, Highland)
*Shielswood Loch (Scottish Borders)
*Loch Shin, the seventh largest by surface area (reservoir)
*Lochan Shira (Argyll and Bute) (hardly a lochan, now a reservoir)
*Loch Shurrery (Caithness)
*Loch Sian (off Loch Eriboll, Sutherland)
*Loch an t-Sidhein (northeast of Carrbridge
Carrbridge ( sco, Carrbrig, gd, Drochaid Chàrr) is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 on the A938, west of Skye of Curr and southeast of Tomatin, near Bogroy. It has the oldest stone bridge in ...
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*Loch Sionascaig (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
*Sìor Loch (east of Oban)
*Loch Skae (Dumfries and Galloway
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*Loch Skeen (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Skelloch, (Ayrshire)
*Loch of Skene (Aberdeenshire)
*Skeroblin Loch (Kintyre
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*Loch Skerrow (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Skiach (Perth and Kinross
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*Skyline Loch (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch an t-Slagain (Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
*Loch Sletill (Flow Country, Caithness)
*Loch Sloy (loch), Loch Sloy (reservoir)
*Loch na Smeòraich (near Plockton, Lochalsh
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*Soulseat Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Spallander, (reservoir) (Ayrshire)
*Loch nan Spréidh (Sutherland)
*Loch Spynie (north of Elgin, Moray, Elgin)
*Loch Srath nan Aisinnin (Glendhu Forest, Sutherland)
*Loch na Sròine Luime (top of Glen Cassley, Sutherland)
*Lochan Sròn Mór (Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
) (reservoir)
*Lochan Sròn Smeur (Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor (, gd, Mòinteach Raineach/Raithneach) is an expanse of around of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Scotland, where it extends from and into westerly Perth and Kinross, northerly Lochaber (in Highland), and the area of ...
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*Loch Srùban Beaga (Sutherland)
*Loch Srùban Móra (Sutherland)
*Loch ma Stac (?spelling) (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
*Loch Stack (Sutherland)
*Loch Staing (south of Loch Loyal, Sutherland)
*Lochan na Stainge (Rannoch Moor)
*Loch Staonsaid (south of Loch Eriboll, Sutherland)
*Loch of Stemster (northwest of Lybster, Caithness)
*Stevenston Loch (a.k.a. Ashgrove Loch) (Ayrshire)
*The Still Loch (Argyll and Bute)
*Stormont Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch of Strathbeg (Buchan)
*Strathclyde Loch (Motherwell)
*Loch Strathy (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
*Loch Syre (west of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
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*Loch an Tachdaich (Wester Ross)
*Tangy Loch (Kintyre
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*Loch Tarbhaidh (east of Loch Naver, Sutherland)
*Loch Tarbhaidh, Rhiconich, Loch Tarbhaidh (northeast of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
*Loch Tarff (southeast of Loch Ness
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*Loch Tarsan A loch in Argyll, formed by the flooding parts of Glen Lean and Glen Tarsan for hydroelectricity production
*Loch Tarvie (near Dornoch)
*Loch Tay, the sixth largest by surface area
*Loch Teacuis (small loch running south east off the ‘start’ of Loch Sunart)
*Loch Tearnait, Loch Teàrnait (Morvern
Morvern, historically also spelt Morven, is a peninsula and traditional district in the Highlands, on the west coast of Scotland. It lies south of the districts of Ardgour and Sunart, and is bounded on the north by Loch Sunart and Glen Tarbert, ...
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*Loch Thom, early artificial reservoir
*Loch Thormaid (Caithness)
*Loch na Thuill (south of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
*Loch Thulachan (northwest of Lybster, Caithness)
*Loch Tigh na Creige (Sutherland)
*Loch an Tigh Sheilg (southeast of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
*Loch Tilt (Atholl
Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Histor ...
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*Loch of Toftingall (Caithness)
*Toll Lochan (Sutherland
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*Loch Toll an Lochain (Fannichs), Loch Toll an Lochain (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Toll an Lochain (An Teallach), Loch Toll an Lochain (beneath An Teallach, Wester Ross)
*Loch Toll nam Biast (north of Beinn Alligin
Beinn Alligin ( gd, Beinn Àilleagan) is one of the classic mountains of the Torridon region of Scotland, lying to the north of Loch Torridon, in the Highlands. The name Beinn Alligin is from the Scottish Gaelic, meaning ''Jewelled Hill''. ...
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*Loch Toll a' Mhadaidh (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
*Loch Torr na Ceàrdaich (Caithness)
*Loch nan Torran (Argyll and Bute
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*Loch na Totaig (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Town Loch Dunfermline, Fife
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*Loch Tralaig (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Treig (reservoir)
*Na Tri Lochan (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
*Loch Tromlee (Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Trool (Galloway
Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway.
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*Loch Truderscaig (Sutherland)
*Loch na Tuadh (between Foinaven and Arkle, Sutherland)
*Lochan Tuath (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Loch Tuill Bhearnach (north of Loch Mullardoch, Ross and Cromarty)
*Loch an Tuill Riabhaich (Sutherland)
*Loch Tuim Ghlais (Caithness)
*Loch an Tuirc (northeast of Lochinver, Sutherland)
*Loch Tulla, (Bridge of Orchy
Bridge of Orchy ( gd, Drochaid Urchaidh) is a village in Glen Orchy in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is named after the crossing over the River Orchy, which was constructed by British Army during the pacification of the Highland Clans following ...
, Argyll and Bute)
*Loch Tullybelton (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Loch Tummel (reservoir)
*Loch Turret (Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
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*Loch na h-Uamhaidh Beag (west of Loch Ewe
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, Wester Ross)
*Loch na h-Uamhaidh Móire (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
*Loch na h-Uamhaig (west of Beinn Alligin
Beinn Alligin ( gd, Beinn Àilleagan) is one of the classic mountains of the Torridon region of Scotland, lying to the north of Loch Torridon, in the Highlands. The name Beinn Alligin is from the Scottish Gaelic, meaning ''Jewelled Hill''. ...
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*Loch nan Uan (west of Ben Klibreck, Sutherland)
*Loch Uanagan (near Fort Augustus)
*Loch Uidh Tarraigean (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
*Loch na h-Uidhe (Wester Ross)
*Loch Uisge ( Kingairloch)
*Loch Ulagadale (Argyll and Bute
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*Loch Ulbhach Coire (Sutherland)
*Loch an Ulbhaidh (northeast of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
*Loch Ullachie (Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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*Loch Unapool (Kylesku, Sutherland)
*Loch Urigill (Ledmore, Sutherland)
*Loch Urr (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Loch Ussie (near Dingwall)
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*Loch Vaa (north of Aviemore
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*Loch Vaich (Strathvaich Forest, Wester Ross) (reservoir)
*Loch Valley Galloway
*Loch Vatachan (Coigach, Wester Ross)
*Loch Venachar (reservoir)
*Loch Veyatie (Sutherland/Wester Ross)
*Loch Voil (near Balquidder, Stirlingshire
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*Loch Vrotachan (northwest of The Cairnwell
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*Loch Walton (Stirlingshire
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*Loch of Warehouse (Ulbster, Caithness)
*Loch Watenan (Ulbster, Caithness)
*Loch Watston (Stirlingshire)
*Loch Watten (Caithness
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Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
) loch famous for its trout
*Wee Berbeth Loch (near Dalmellington, East Ayrshire)
*Loch of Wester (Caithness)
*Wester Loch of Daldorn (Stirlingshire)
*Loch Wharral (Glen Clova
The Five Glens of Angus are the five Highland glens located in the western portion of the Angus region of Scotland. The five glens from westernmost to easternmost are:
*Glen Isla
*Glen Prosen
*Glen Clova
*Glen Lethnot
* Glen Esk
Glen Clova is ...
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*Loch Whinyeon (Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
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*White Loch, Castle Kennedy, White Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) (grid reference NX107608)
*White Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) (grid reference NX864547)
*White Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) (grid reference NX400440)
*White Loch (East Renfrewshire), White Loch (East Renfrewshire
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) (grid reference NS488522)
*White Loch, South Lanarkshire, White Loch (grid reference NS961471)
*White Loch, Perth and Kinross, White Loch (grid reference NO169429)
*White Loch of Myrton (Dumfries and Galloway) (grid reference NX358435)
*White Moss Loch (Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
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*Whitefield Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
*Whitehill Loch East Ayrshire
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*Whittliemuir Midton Loch (near Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley) (reservoir)
*Williestruther Loch (Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
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*Wooden Loch (Scottish Borders)
*Drumpellier Country Park, Woodend Loch (Coatbridge
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*Woodhall Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
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*Loch of Yarrows (Ulbster, Caithness)
*Yetholm Loch (Scottish Borders)
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Lochs on islands
There are a very large number of lochs on the list of islands of Scotland, islands of Scotland, with the greatest density occurring in the Outer Hebrides. North Uist, North and South Uist
South Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Deas, ; sco, Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the ...
and Isle of Lewis, Lewis in particular have landscapes with a high percentage of freshwater and a maze and complexity of loch shapes. Harris, Outer Hebrides, Harris has fewer large bodies of water but innumerable small lochans.
Larger
Those listed in this section are confined to the larger or otherwise notable lochs.
Loch Orasaigh in Lewis is only about in extent but the island of Rainish Eilean Mòr is probably the largest island in Scotland relative to the size of the body of water it sits in, as it takes up about 20% of the loch's surface area.
The meanings of the names are generally derived from Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic, Old Norse or Scots.
Smaller
Less substantial lochs include the following.
* Lismore, Scotland, Lismore: Loch Fiart, Kilcheran Loch, Loch Baile a' Ghobhainn
* Orkney: see List of lochs in Orkney
* Shetland:
**Mainland Shetland: Clickimin Loch
**Whalsay: Loch of Houll, Loch of Huxter, Loch of Isbister, Loch of Livister, Sandwick, Whalsay, Loch of Sandwick, Loch of Stanefield, Loch of Vats-houll, Nuckro Water, East Loch of Skaw, West Loch of Skaw
Historic lochs
* In Edinburgh –
**Gogarloch – drained
**Nor Loch — now filled in
**The Meadows (park), The Meadows – former Burghloch
* In Ayrshire –
**Fail Loch – drained in the late 1840s.
**Loch Brand – a loch of only around , drained in 1780 and found to contain a crannog.
**Loch Brown – a loch of near Mauchline, mostly drained in the 19th century.
**Knockewart Loch – also known as Jargon Loch, now drained.
**Lambroughton Loch – a small loch near Kilmaurs, drained in the 16th century.
**Halket Loch – also known as Hawkhead, near Lugton, covered about 10 acres (40,000 m2) and was drained in the 1840s.
**Helenton Loch – now drained.
**Lochlea, South Ayrshire – a loch of around near Tarbolton, which famously contained a Crannog. It was drained by the mid-19th century.
**Maybole, Lochspouts – a small loch near Maybole, Ayrshire, with a crannog. Converted into a reservoir and drained in 2003.
**Newfarm Loch – a large curling pond, drained in the 20th century.
**South Palmerston Loch (Ochiltree) – reduced to a small vegetated pond
**Trindlemoss Loch – a drained loch also known as Scott's Loch.
See also
*List of freshwater islands in Scotland
*List of sea lochs of Scotland
*List of lochs in Orkney
*List of Irish lochs and loughs
*Loch Line (shipping line)
*List of rivers in Scotland
*Waterfalls of Scotland
*List of lakes and lochs in the United Kingdom
*List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
Map of Lochs of Scotland compiled from this list
* List of places in Scotland
References
* Beveridge, Erskine (1903). ''Coll and Tiree''. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable.
* Murray, Sir John and Pullar, Laurence (1910) ''Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897–1909''. London; Challenger Office.
Notes
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