Loch Dùghaill (also anglicised as Loch Doule or Loch Doughaill) is a freshwater tidal
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 ...
on the
River Carron in
Wester Ross
Wester Ross () is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, but is generally regarded as lying to the ...
,
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 ...
. The
A890 road
List of A roads in List of A roads zones in Great Britain, zone 8 in Great Britain starting north of the A8 road (Great Britain), A8 and west of the A9 road (Great Britain), A9 (roads beginning with 8).
Single- and double-digit roads
Triple- ...
and the
Kyle of Lochalsh Line a branch of the Highland railway both run along its northwest shore.
Loch Carron
Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stomeferry headland east of Loc ...
is located 8 km downriver.
Geography
The loch has a southwest to northeast orientation. The lochside contains two contrasting land features on the east and west sides, with the north side on a shallow climbing slope. The southend of the loch has an opening, containing the outflow to the River Carron, with several small lochans on the flat plain at the southern end of the loch. On the east side, the cliff face rising to the plateau of
Creag An Eilein rising almost vertically on the east coast of the loch, starting beyond the northeast end of the loch and continuing down past the end of the loch, rising even higher before levelling out at
Strathcarron. The slope rises to
Creag Dhubh Mhor at 612 metres. At the east side of the loch, is the mountain of
Sgurr na Feartaig at 862 m. The west side, that contains both the railway and road, is a shallow slope which becomes increasing steep rising to
Fuar Tholl
Fuar Tholl is a mountain in the highlands of Scotland. The mountain is situated in the Coulin deer forest 21 km SW of Achnasheen in the Wester Ross region of the Highland council area.
Overview
Fuar Tholl has a rocky summit, and has acqu ...
at 907 m.
Gallery
File:Loch Dùghaill - geograph.org.uk - 473425.jpg, Loch Dùghaill Looking towards Achnashellach. The steep rise leading to the plateau of Creag An Eilein is visible to the right.
File:Loch Dùghaill - geograph.org.uk - 1380665.jpg, Loch Dùghaill Looking southwest from near Balnacra.
File:Shoreline of Loch Dùghaill - geograph.org.uk - 473430.jpg, Shoreline of Loch Dùghaill Looking across a small bay on the north shore of the loch.
File:Looking down on Loch Dùghaill - geograph.org.uk - 773181.jpg, Looking down on Loch Dùghaill
File:Loch Dughaill - geograph.org.uk - 167015.jpg, Loch Dughaill. The eastern end of the loch
File:Loch Dughaill. - geograph.org.uk - 182834.jpg, Loch Dughaill. Looking southeast from the boathouse.
File:Looking over Loch Dùghaill - geograph.org.uk - 1380694.jpg, Looking over Loch Dùghaill From the shore near Balnacra.
File:Small bay on Loch Dùghaill - geograph.org.uk - 1380684.jpg, Small bay on Loch Dùghaill
File:Loch Dughaill - geograph.org.uk - 1801280.jpg, Loch Dughaill In Glen Shieldaig.
References
Lochs of Highland (council area)
Freshwater lochs of Scotland
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