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 region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S ...
. It lies in a west-northwest to east-southeast direction, is approximately long and wide, and is at an altitude of . The northern shore of the loch is mostly regular in shape, while the southern shore is irregular. Its average depth is and its maximum depth is . The loch was surveyed on the 18 and 19 of August 1904 by John Hewitt as part of
Sir John Murray's ''Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909''.
The loch holds native
wild brown trout and permits are required to fish the loch.
In the wood on the northern shore of the loch are the remains of
charcoal burners’ huts and charcoal platforms. There is also a
stone dyke dating from approximately 1780, which may have been used to enclose the wood to protect it from grazing animals.
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