Loch Dubh ("Black Loch") is a
lochan
''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 ...
on the
Duchray Water in the western part of
Loch Ard Forest in the
Central Highlands of
Scotland
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Location
Loch Dubh nestles in a wooded valley called
Gleann Dubh at a height of about 140 metres above sea level. It is 4 kilometres east of Scotland's most popular
Munro
A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nev ...
,
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 ...
(974 m), one kilometre south of
Beinn Dubh (508 m), 1½ kilometres northeast of
Beinn Bahn (569 m) and five kilometres west northwest of
Kinlochard near the head of
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, ...
.
References
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Ard
Dubh
Forth basin
Trossachs