List of lochs in Scotland
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This list of lochs in Scotland
includes the majority of bodies of standing freshwater named as lochs but only a small selection of the generally smaller, and very numerous, lochans. This list does not currently include the reservoir
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 alone. Whilst lochs are widespread throughout the country, they are most numerous within the Scottish Highlands
and in particular in the former counties of Caithness
, Sutherland
and Ross and Cromarty
. 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 valleys they now occupy.
Loch
is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake
or fiord (cognate with the Irish Gaelic loch, which is anglicised as lough) that has been borrowed by Scots
and Scottish English
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
is the only natural body of freshwater called a "lake" in Scotland. There are, however, one or two other man-made 'lakes'; the Lake of the Hirsel
being an example. Numerous lochs are called "water", particularly in the Northern Isles, e.g. Roer Water on Shetland and Heldale Water on Orkney. These are not to be confused with similarly named rivers, particularly in the South of Scotland, e.g. Yarrow Water and Blackadder Water
.
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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%.
Lochs Maree, Shiel and Ness are recorded as being the narrowest of the large lochs in relation to their length.
Neither the Loch of Stenness
nor the Loch of Harray on Mainland Orkney are 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 and the latter, whilst predominantly freshwater, does have a transition zone in the
vicinity of the Bridge of Brodgar
where the two are connected. The two lochs together cover an area of 19.3 km² but have a volume of only 0.047 km³ due to their shallow nature. Loch of Stenness has a maximum depth of 5.2 metres (17.1 ft). Although flow between the two lochs and the sea can be observed, the water levels only experience small changes with the movements of the tide.
and whose levels have been artificially raised by the construction of dam
s or barrages
are annotated as reservoir.
. North
and South Uist
and Lewis
in particular have landscapes with a high percentage of freshwater and a maze and complexity of loch shapes. Harris has fewer large bodies of water but innumerable small lochans. Those listed here are confined to the larger or otherwise notable lochs.
Loch Orasaigh in Lewis is only about 125 hectares (308.9 acre) 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 Gaelic
, Old Norse
or Scots
.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
includes the majority of bodies of standing freshwater named as lochs but only a small selection of the generally smaller, and very numerous, lochans. This list does not currently include the reservoir
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
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 alone. Whilst lochs are widespread throughout the country, they are most numerous within the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
and in particular in the former counties of Caithness
Caithness
Caithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is...
, Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...
and Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty 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 majority of the larger lochs are linear in form; their distribution through the West Highlands reflects their origin in the glacial overdeepening
Overdeepening
Overdeepening is a characteristic of basins and valleys eroded by glaciers. An overdeepened valley profile is often eroded to depths which are hundreds of metres below the deepest continuous line along a valley or watercourse...
of the valleys they now occupy.
Loch
Loch
Loch is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay...
is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
or fiord (cognate with the Irish Gaelic loch, which is anglicised as lough) that has been borrowed by Scots
Scots language
Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted...
and Scottish English
Scottish English
Scottish English refers to the varieties of English spoken in Scotland. It may or may not be considered distinct from the Scots language. It is always considered distinct from Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic language....
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
The Lake of Menteith , 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 of Stirling. Until the early 19th century, the more usual Scottish name of Loch of Menteith was used...
is the only natural body of freshwater called a "lake" in Scotland. There are, however, one or two other man-made 'lakes'; the Lake of the Hirsel
Lake of the Hirsel
The Lake of the Hirsel or Hirsel Lake is an artificial body of water near Coldstream in Berwickshire in Scotland. It is set in the grounds of The Hirsel, home of the Home family and of the late Sir Alec Douglas-Home.It covers around...
being an example. Numerous lochs are called "water", particularly in the Northern Isles, e.g. Roer Water on Shetland and Heldale Water on Orkney. These are not to be confused with similarly named rivers, particularly in the South of Scotland, e.g. Yarrow Water and Blackadder Water
Blackadder Water
Blackadder Water is a river in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, forming part of the River Tweed system.Rising in the Harecleugh Forest plantation just south of the Twin Law cairns, north of the village of Westruther. The headwaters of the Blackadder join with those of the...
.
Largest and deepest lochs
Lochs Maree, Shiel and Ness are recorded as being the narrowest of the large lochs in relation to their length.
| Loch | Volume (km³) | Area (km²) | Length (km) | Max. depth (m) | Mean depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Ness Loch Ness Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"... |
7.45 | 56 | 39 | 230 | 132 |
| Loch Lomond Loch Lomond Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area. The lake contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles, although the lake itself is smaller than many Irish... |
2.6 | 71 | 36 | 190 | 37 |
| Loch Morar Loch Morar Loch Morar is a freshwater loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth-largest loch in Scotland, with a surface area of and the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, with a maximum depth of .... |
2.3 | 27 | 18.8 | 310 | 87 |
| Loch Tay Loch Tay Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire.It is a long narrow loch of around 14 miles long, and typically around 1 to 1½ miles wide, following the line of the valley from the south west to north east... |
1.6 | 26.4 | 23 | 150 | |
| Loch Awe Loch Awe Loch Awe is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. 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 as Innis Chonnell and Inishail.- The loch :It is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with... |
1.2 | 39 | 41 | 94 | 32 |
| Loch Maree Loch Maree Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is .... |
1.09 | 28.6 | 20 | 114 | 38 |
| Loch Ericht Loch Ericht Loch Ericht is a freshwater loch on the border between Perth and Kinross and the Highlands Council areas of Scotland. It is situated at a height of 351 metres above sea level and has a north-east to south-west orientation. The village of Dalwhinnie lies at the north east end of the loch... |
1.08 | 18.6 | 23 | 156 | |
| Loch Lochy Loch Lochy Loch Lochy is a large freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. With a mean depth of , it is the third deepest loch of Scotland.-Geography:... |
1.07 | 16 | 16 | 162 | 70 |
| Loch Rannoch Loch Rannoch Loch Rannoch is a large body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.The loch is over long in a west-east direction with an average width of about . The River Tummel begins at its eastern end. The Tay Forest Park lies along its southern shore... |
0.97 | 19 | 15.7 | 134 | 51 |
| Loch Shiel Loch Shiel Loch Shiel is a 19.3 km2 freshwater loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of Fort William in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland... |
0.79 | 19.5 | 28 | 128 | 40 |
| Loch Katrine Loch Katrine Loch Katrine is a freshwater loch in the district of Stirling, Scotland. It is roughly 8 miles long by 2/3 of a mile wide and runs the length of Strath Gartney... |
0.77 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 151 | |
| Loch Arkaig Loch Arkaig Loch Arkaig is a body of water in Lochaber, Scotland, to the west of the Great Glen. It is approximately 12 miles in length and lies 140 feet above sea level, the maximum depth is some 300 feet.... |
0.75 | 16 | 19.3 | 109 | |
| Loch Shin Loch Shin Loch Shin is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch is the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is 17 miles long.... |
0.35 | 22.5 | 27.8 | 49 |
Neither the Loch of Stenness
Loch of Stenness
The Loch of Stenness together with the Loch of Harray are the two largest freshwater lochs of Mainland, Orkney. In Old Norse their names are Steinnesvatn and Heraðvatn...
nor the Loch of Harray on Mainland Orkney are 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 and the latter, whilst predominantly freshwater, does have a transition zone in the
vicinity of the Bridge of Brodgar
Ring of Brodgar
The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic henge and stone circle on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland...
where the two are connected. The two lochs together cover an area of 19.3 km² but have a volume of only 0.047 km³ due to their shallow nature. Loch of Stenness has a maximum depth of 5.2 metres (17.1 ft). Although flow between the two lochs and the sea can be observed, the water levels only experience small changes with the movements of the tide.
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 for water supply or in association with hydroelectric projectsHydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...
and whose levels have been artificially raised by the construction of dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
s or barrages
Barrage (dam)
A barrage is a type of dam which consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of water passing the dam. The gates are set between flanking piers which are responsible for supporting the water load...
are annotated as reservoir.
A
- Loch A'an (a.k.a. Loch Avon, Cairngorms)
- Loch of AboyneLoch of AboyneLoch of Aboyne is a freshwater loch in Scotland. An artificially-formed loch created within the policies of Aboyne Castle on Royal Deeside, the Loch of Aboyne lies 1¼ miles northeast of Aboyne and 26 miles west southwest of Aberdeen. Retained by an earthen dam constructed c.1834, this shallow...
(Aberdeenshire) - Loch Achaidh na h-Inich (near Plockton, Lochalsh)
- Loch Achall (east of Ullapool)
- Loch Achanalt (Wester Ross)
- Loch Achilty (near Contin)
- Loch Achnacloich (north of Alness, Easter Ross)
- Loch Achnamoine (west of Kinbrace, Sutherland)
- Loch Achonachie (Strathconon) (reservoir)
- Loch AchrayLoch AchrayLoch Achray is a small freshwater loch 11 kilometres 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 11 metres. The south side of the loch is wooded and well served by woodland tracks and...
(StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) - Achridigill Loch (southeast of Strathy, Sutherland)
- Loch Achtriochtan (Glen CoeGlen CoeGlen Coe is a glen in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the southern part of the Lochaber committee area of Highland Council, and was formerly part of the county of Argyll. It is often considered one of the most spectacular and beautiful places in Scotland, and is a part of the designated...
) - Loch an Add (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) (reservoir) - Loch Affric
- Lochan na h-Achlaise (Rannoch MoorRannoch MoorRannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
) - 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 BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Loch Akran (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Aldinna Loch, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Alemoor LochAlemoor LochAlemoor Loch 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 the B711 road....
(Scottish Borders) (reservoir) - Loch Allt na h-Airbe (a.k.a Loch Yucal) (northwest of Kylesku, Sutherland)
- Loch Allt Eoin Thòmais (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
- Loch an Alltan Fheàrna (Sutherland)
- Loch Alvie (SpeysideStrathspey, ScotlandStrathspey is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland....
) - Loch nan Amhaichean (Easter Ross)
- Loch Anna (near DornieDornieDornie is a small former fishing village in the Kintail district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland, with a population of 360 .It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long....
) - Antermony Loch (East DunbartonshireEast DunbartonshireThis article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...
) - Loch Arail (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch ArdLoch ArdLoch Ard is a body of fresh water in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park of the Stirling District in Scotland. -Overview:...
, (Stirlingshire) - Loch Ard a' Phuill (MoidartMoidartMoidart is a district in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.Moidart lies to the west of Fort William and is very remote. Loch Shiel cuts off the south-east boundary of the district. Moidart includes the townships of Dorlin, Mingarry, Kinlochmoidart and Glenuig. At Dorlin is located the ancient fortress...
) - Loch Ardinning (near MilngavieMilngavieMilngavie , is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden....
) - Loch Arichlinie (near Kinbrace, Sutherland)
- Loch Arienas (MorvernMorvernMorvern is a peninsula in south west Lochaber, on the west coast of Scotland. The name is derived from the Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne . The highest point is the summit of the Corbett Creach Bheinn which reaches in elevation....
) - Loch ArkaigLoch ArkaigLoch Arkaig is a body of water in Lochaber, Scotland, to the west of the Great Glen. It is approximately 12 miles in length and lies 140 feet above sea level, the maximum depth is some 300 feet....
- Loch Arklet (StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) (reservoir) - Loch Arnicle (KintyreKintyreKintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
) - Loch Arthur (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch Ascaig (south of Kinbrace, Sutherland)
- Asgog Loch (Argyll and Bute)
- Ashgrove Loch (aka Stevenston Loch) (Ayrshire)
- Loch Ashie (northeast of Loch Ness)
- Loch Aslaich (Balmacaan Forest, west of Loch Ness)
- Loch an Aslaird (north of Ben Hee, Sutherland)
- Loch AssyntLoch AssyntLoch Assynt is a freshwater loch in Sutherland, Scotland, 8 km ENE 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' Choire, and Leitir Easaich. It discharges into the sea at Loch Inver, via the...
in SutherlandSutherlandSutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...
on whose north shore stands Ardvreck CastleArdvreck CastleStanding on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in Sutherland, north west Highland, Scotland, Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating from the 16th century. The ruins can be reached by driving along the A837 which follows the north shore of Loch Assynt from the village of Inchnadamph... - Aucha Loch (KintyreKintyreKintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
) - Auchenreoch Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Auchintaple Loch (Glen Isla)
- Loch Avich (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch Avon (a.k.a. Loch A'an) (Cairngorms)
- Loch AweLoch AweLoch Awe is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. 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 as Innis Chonnell and Inishail.- The loch :It is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with...
, the third largest loch by surface area, also the longest - Loch Awe (Inchnadamph, Sutherland)
B
- Loch Bà (Rannoch MoorRannoch MoorRannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
) - Loch na Bà (east of AultbeaAultbeaAultbea is a small fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the shores of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool. The village has two hotels, the Aultbea Hotel and the Drumchork Lodge Hotel, which won the accolade of top whisky hotel in the world in 2006...
, 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 (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 ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch na Bairness (MoidartMoidartMoidart is a district in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.Moidart lies to the west of Fort William and is very remote. Loch Shiel cuts off the south-east boundary of the district. Moidart includes the townships of Dorlin, Mingarry, Kinlochmoidart and Glenuig. At Dorlin is located the ancient fortress...
) - Balgavies Loch (AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) - Ballochling Loch, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Bardowie Loch (East DunbartonshireEast DunbartonshireThis article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...
) - Barean Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - 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, (RenfrewshireRenfrewshireRenfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...
) - 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)
- 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 InverchoranInverchoranInverchoran is a small remote hamlet, situated at the western end of the Loch Beannachcharain flood plain, in the valley of the River Meig, in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
- 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 (Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
- Loch Belivat (south of Nairn)
- Belston LochBelston LochBelston Loch , 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 Hole...
, (Ayrshire) - Loch Ben Harrald (southwest of Altnaharra, Sutherland)
- Loch Benachally (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Bengairn Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Bennan Loch (East RenfrewshireEast RenfrewshireEast Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire and Inverclyde...
) (reservoir) - Loch Beoraid (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - Bertha Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Bhac (AthollAthollAtholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber....
) - 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 AultbeaAultbeaAultbea is a small fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the shores of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool. The village has two hotels, the Aultbea Hotel and the Drumchork Lodge Hotel, which won the accolade of top whisky hotel in the world in 2006...
, Wester Ross) - Loch a Bhàillidh (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch a' Bhainne (northwest of InvergarryInvergarryInvergarry is a village in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry flows into Loch Oich.Near the centre of the village is the junction between the A82 road and the A87 road which branches off to the west towards Skye.The ruined Invergarry Castle is situated...
, 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 AlderBen AlderBen Alder is the highest mountain in the remote area of the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ericht and Glen Spean. The vast summit plateau is home of one of Britain's highest bodies of standing water, Lochan a' Garbh Coire. It is the 25th highest Munro, and due to its remote location, one of the...
) - Loch a' Bhealaich Leamhain (BadenochBadenochBadenoch 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 the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber...
) - Loch a' Bhith (Glen Oykel, Sutherland)
- Loch a' Bhraighe (south of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
- Loch a' Bhraoin (Wester Ross)
- Loch Bhraomisaig (Knoydart)
- Loch a' Bhrisidh (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Bhrodainn (Gaick Forest)
- Lochan na Bi (Argyll and Bute)
- Birnie LochBirnie LochBirnie Loch is located in North East Fife, Scotland, adjacent to the crossroads between the A91 and B937 roads. It is entirely artificial in nature, being a flooded pit formerly used for the extraction of sand or gravel....
, nature reserve, FifeFifeFife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire... - Bishop Loch (near CoatbridgeCoatbridgeCoatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. The town, with neighbouring Airdrie, is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. The first settlement of the area stretches back to the Stone Age era...
) - Bishop's Loch (northeast of Dyce, AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Black Loch (East RenfrewshireEast RenfrewshireEast Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire and Inverclyde...
) - Black LochBlack LochBlack Loch is a small loch or reservoir on the border of North Lanarkshire and Falkirk district, close to the village of Limerigg.The surface area of the Black Loch was enlarged in the early 1790s a small canal was cut at the western side so that run off from the moss would feed the loch and a dam...
, Fife - Black Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Black Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Black Loch, North Ayrshire
- Black Lochs (near Connel, Argyll)
- Blackmill Loch (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch Blair (north of Loch Arkaig, Lochaber)
- Loch of Blairs (southwest of ForresForresForres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions...
) - Blarloch Mór (southeast of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
- Loch nam Bò Uidhre (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
- Loch of Boath (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)
- 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 (ApplecrossApplecrossThe Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
) - Loch Bràigh Bhruthaich (north of CarrbridgeCarrbridgeCarrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy.It has the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands and nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest...
) - Loch Bràigh Horrisdale (south of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
- Loch Brandy (Glen Clova)
- 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 (?spelling) (near Borgie, Sutherland)
- Loch nam Breac Buidhe (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch nam Breac Dearga (west of Loch Ness)
- Lochan Breaclaich (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Loch Brecbowie (Ayrshire)
- Loch Broom (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Brora (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)
- Loch Buidhe (Rannoch MoorRannoch MoorRannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
) - Loch Buidhe (north east of Bonar Bridge)
- 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 (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
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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 (Wester Ross)
- Caldarvan Loch (Dumbarton)
- Loch Calder (Caithness)
- Loch Call an Uidhean (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Loch Callater (BraemarBraemarBraemar 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 altitude of ....
) - Cally Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Caluim (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Cam Loch (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) (reservoir) - Cam Loch (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 DalwhinnieDalwhinnieDalwhinnie "Meeting Place" is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.-Location:Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m. It is one of the coldest villages in the UK, having an average annual temperature of 6.5oC, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering.It is north of Drumochter,...
) - Loch na Caorach (Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
- Loch nan Caorach (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
- Carbeth Loch (near MilngavieMilngavieMilngavie , is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden....
) - Carcluie LochCarcluie LochCarcluie Loch is a small freshwater loch in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Dalrymple, Scotland.-The loch:...
, (DalrympleDalrymple, East AyrshireDalrymple is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the western-most point of East Ayrshire, around 8km south-east of Ayr. Dalrymple is in the Doon Valley, on the north bank of the River Doon. The population is 1,347....
) - Carlingwark Loch, by Castle DouglasCastle DouglasCastle Douglas , a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, lies in the eastern part of Galloway known as the Stewartry, between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet.-History:...
- Carlochy (Glen Esk)
- Loch Carn nam Badan (east of Strathglass)
- Loch Càrn nan Conbhairean (Benmore Forest, Sutherland)
- Loch na Carraigeach (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch Carrie (Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire)
- Carsfad Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) (reservoir) - Cash Loch, Fife
- Castle Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Castle Semple LochCastle Semple LochCastle Semple Loch is a 1.5 mile long inland loch at Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Originally part of an estate of the same name, it is now administered by Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park as a watersports centre...
(RenfrewshireRenfrewshireRenfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...
) - Cauldshiels Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - 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 (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - Loch a' Chlachain (Strathnairn)
- Loch a’ Chlaidheimh (north of Loch Monar)
- Loch a' Chnuic (Abernethy ForestAbernethy ForestAbernethy Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest near Aviemore, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. It is an RSPB reserve, close to Loch Garten Osprey Centre, which is also owned by the RSPB. There is approximately 4,000 hectares of forest within the reserve, and just under half of...
) - Loch a’ Chràthaich (south of Cannich, Inverness-shire)
- Loch a' Choire (Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
- Loch a' Choire (beneath Ben VrackieBen VrackieBen Vrackie is a mountain in Perthshire, Scotland. It lies north of the town of Pitlochry and reaches 841 m high at its summit. The summit may be reached easily by a direct path from Pitlochry or Killiecrankie, and commands views of Pitlochry and the surrounding glens....
) - Loch a' Choire (east Sutherland)
- Loch a' Choire (Stratherrick, Inverness-shireInverness-shireThe County of Inverness or Inverness-shire was a general purpose county of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided between the two-tier Highland region and the unitary Western Isles. The Highland...
) - Loch a' Choire Bhuidhe (Applecross)
- Loch a' Choire Leith (near LochcarronLochcarronLochcarron is a village, community and civil parish in the Wester Ross area of Highland, Scotland. It has a population of 923.-Local Information:...
) - Loch a' Choire Mhóir (east of Seana BhraighSeana BhràighSeana Bhràigh is a mountain east of Ullapool, in the Highlands of Scotland.-Ascent:The main approach is from the A835 road through the Lael Forest then over the Coire an Lochain Sgeirich ridge at the head of Gleann a' Mhadaidh. The base of the hill is then reached across pathless boggy terrain,...
, Sutherland) - Loch a' Choire Mhóir (east of Ben WyvisBen WyvisBen Wyvis is a mountain located in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, in northern Scotland, north-west of Dingwall. It forms an undulating ridge running roughly north-south for about 5 km, the highest summit of which is Glas Leathad Mòr...
, Easter Ross) - Loch a' Choire Riabhaich (ArisaigArisaigArisaig is a village in Lochaber, Invernessshire, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.-History:On 20 September 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie left Scotland for France from a place near the village following the failure of the Jacobite Rising. The site of his departure is marked by the Prince's...
) - Loch Choire (Sutherland)
- Loch ChonLoch ChonLoch Chon is a freshwater loch which lies upstream from Loch Ard, situated west of the village of Aberfoyle.It releases its water into 4½ km long Chon Water, which not far from the outlet passes small Loch Chu, and is the main affluent of Loch Ard....
(StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) - Loch a Chrion-doire (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - 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 (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, Sutherland)
- Clatteringshaws LochClatteringshaws LochClatteringshaws Loch is a reservoir in the Dumfries and Galloway district of southern Scotland. It was created by damming the Galloway River Dee as part of the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme....
(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 CluanieLoch CluanieLoch Cluanie 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 1957 as part of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Glenmoriston project to...
(reservoir) - Loch of Clunie (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Cnoc na Mòinteach (south of Glen Carron)
- Cochno Loch (ClydebankClydebankClydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton, the town with which it was combined to form West Dunbartonshire, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and...
) - Loch Coille-Bharr (Argyll and Bute)
- Coire Loch (Sutherland)
- Loch Coire nan Arr (ApplecrossApplecrossThe Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
) - Loch Coire Attadale (Applecross)
- Loch Coire an Lochain (beneath BraeriachBraeriachBraeriach is the third highest mountain in Great Britain, surpassed only by Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui. It is the highest point in the western massif of the Cairngorms, separated from the central section by the pass of the Lairig Ghru. The summit has a crescent shape, with several corries...
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 LochColdingham LochColdingham Loch is a 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 about above sea level; it is used for fly fishing for rainbow...
(Scottish Borders) - Loch Con (north of Loch ErrochtyLoch ErrochtyLoch Errochty is a man made freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands it is situated within the Perth and Kinross council area.- Overview :...
) - Loch Connell (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Corby Loch (northeast of Dyce, AberdeenAberdeenAberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
) - Cornish Loch, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Cotehill LochCotehill LochCotehill Loch is a loch located in Scotland in the Aberdeenshire area, approximately one mile northwest of the coastal town of Collieston and two miles east of the Ythan Estuary...
(AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Loch Coulin (Coulin Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Coulside (south of Tongue, Sutherland)
- Loch Coultrie (Kishorn)
- Loch of the Cowlatt (southeast of Forres)
- Loch Cracail Beag (southeast of Lairg, Sutherland)
- Loch Cracail Mór (southeast of Lairg, Sutherland)
- Loch Craggie (east of Lairg, Sutherland)
- Loch Craggie (Glen Oykel, Sutherland)
- Loch Craggie (southeast of Tongue, Sutherland)
- Craigallian Loch (near MilngavieMilngavieMilngavie , is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden....
) - Craigdow Loch (Ayrshire)
- Loch na Craige (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch of Craiglush (Perth and Kinross)
- Loch Crannach (Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
- Creagmhor Loch (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch na Creige (Applecross)
- Loch na Creige Duibhe (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - Loch na Creige Duibhe (Sutherland)
- Creoch Loch, (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 DalwhinnieDalwhinnieDalwhinnie "Meeting Place" is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.-Location:Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m. It is one of the coldest villages in the UK, having an average annual temperature of 6.5oC, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering.It is north of Drumochter,...
) - 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 ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch nan Dailthean (east of Loch EweLoch EweLoch Ewe is a sea loch in the region of 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 notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement...
, Wester Ross) - Loch an Daimh (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Loch an Daimh (Sutherland)?
- Loch Dallas (northeast of AviemoreAviemoreAviemore 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 popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
) - Loch Dallas (southeast of Forres)
- Loch Damh (south of TorridonTorridonTorridon 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 Torridon. It lies on the shore of Loch Torridon.Torridon is on the west coast of Scotland, ...
) - Loch Davan (northeast of Ballater, Aberdeenshire)
- Loch Dee
- Derclach Loch, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Loch Derculich (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Dernaglar Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch an Dherue, (southwest of Tongue, Sutherland)
- Loch Diabaigas Airde (west of Torridon)
- Loch Dionard (Strath Dionard, Sutherland)
- Loch Dochard (west of Bridge of OrchyBridge of OrchyBridge of Orchy is a landmark hamlet in Argyll, Scotland.Dating back to 1751, it includes a notable tourist hotel. Located at the head of Glen Orchy, it is on the A82 road, has a railway station and is on the West Highland Way long distance path. Nearby prominent peaks include the munros Beinn...
) - Loch Dochart (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Dochfour (northeast end of Loch Ness)
- Loch Doilet (SunartSunartSunart 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...
) - Loch Doir a' Ghearrain (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - 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 (MorvernMorvernMorvern is a peninsula in south west Lochaber, on the west coast of Scotland. The name is derived from the Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne . The highest point is the summit of the Corbett Creach Bheinn which reaches in elevation....
) - Loch an Doire Dhuibh (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Loch na Doire Moire (southeast of Plockton, Lochalsh)
- Loch Dola (east of Lairg, Sutherland)
- Loch DoonLoch DoonLoch Doon is a body of water, in Carrick, Scotland. The River Doon issues from its northern end, while the loch itself receives waters from Loch Enoch via Eglin Lane....
(reservoir) - Loch Dornal (Ayrshire / Dumfries and Galloway)
- Dornell Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Douglaston Loch, East Dunbartonshire
- Dowally Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch an Draing (east of Rubha Reidh, Wester Ross)
- Loch an Droighinn (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch Droma (Wester Ross) (reservoir)
- Loch Druidibeag
- Loch Druim a' Chliabhain (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Loch Druim Suardalain (east of Lochinver, Sutherland)
- Loch Drumbeg (Assynt, Sutherland)
- Loch of Drumellie (a.k.a. Marlee Loch) (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Drumore Loch (Glenshee) (reservoir)
- Drumlamford Loch (Ayrshire)
- Loch DrunkieLoch DrunkieLoch Drunkie is a small loch near Callander in the Stirling council area, Scotland....
(StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) (reservoir) - An Dubh-loch (Applecross)
- Loch Dubh (northwest of Dunbeath, Caithness)
- Loch Dubh (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 (AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - 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)
- 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
- Loch DùghaillLoch DùghaillLoch Dùghaill is a 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 shore. Loch Carron is located 8 km downriver....
(south of ShieldaigShieldaigShieldaig is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.The village was founded in 1800 with a view to training up seamen for war against Napoleon, but after his defeat and exile to Elba, the community found itself a new role as a fishing village; therefore, the small island...
) - Loch an Dùin (AthollAthollAtholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber....
) - Dumbrock Loch (near MilngavieMilngavieMilngavie , is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden....
) - Dunalastair WaterDunalastair WaterDunalastair Water 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...
(reservoir) - Dundas Loch (EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
) - Loch Dungeon (Dumfries and Galloway) (reservoir)
- Dunsapie Loch, small, artificial loch in Holyrood ParkHolyrood ParkHolyrood Park is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about a mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of whin providing a remarkably wild piece of highland landscape within its area...
, Edinburgh, constructed in 1844 - Dun's Dish (east of BrechinBrechinBrechin is a former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin is often described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese , but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern era...
) - Loch DuntelchaigLoch DuntelchaigLoch Duntelchaig is a loch in the traditional county of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It extends 5 km from the southwest to its outflow in the northeast and measures up to 1.75 km at its widest. The loch drains via Loch a Chlachain into the River Nairn. Loch Duntelchaig is...
(Inverness-shire) - Dunviden Lochs (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Dupplin Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
)
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- 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 (BadenochBadenochBadenoch 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 the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber...
) (actually two adjoining lochs connected by a river) (eastern one is a reservoir) - Earlstoun Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) (reservoir) - Loch EarnLoch EarnLoch Earn is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the districts of Perth and Kinross and Stirling...
- Loch na h-Earrainn (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch an Easain Uaine (between Foinaven and Arkle, Sutherland)
- Loch EckLoch EckLoch Eck is a loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is seven miles long. Apart from Loch Lomond, it is the only naturally occurring habitat of the powan.-External links:*...
(Argyll and Bute) - Loch Ederline (Argyll and Bute)
- Edingham Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch an Eich Dhuibh (Strathnasheallag Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Eigheach (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Loch an Eilean (Rhidorroch Forest, Sutherland)
- Loch Eileanach (south of Loch Loyal, Sutherland)
- Loch Eilde Beag (MamoreMamoréThe Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil, which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the...
s) - Loch Eilde Mòr (MamoreMamoréThe Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil, which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the...
s) - Loch an Eileanach (northeast of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
- Loch Eileanach (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch an EileinLoch an EileinLoch an Eilein is a small loch on the Rothiemurchus estate about 5 km south of Aviemore. The name Loch an Eilein comes from the gaelic 'loch of the island'....
, in Rothiemurchus Forest - Loch an Eilein (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Eilt (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - Loch Einich, in Cairngorms
- Loch an Eion (north of Maol Chean-dearg)
- Loch an Eircill (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
- Loch Eireagoraidh (east of MallaigMallaigMallaig ; 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 , completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles".The village of Mallaig...
) - Loch Eldrig (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Ellrig (FalkirkFalkirkFalkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....
) - Elrig Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch EnochLoch EnochLoch Enoch is a multi-basin 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 beaches was collected and sold for sharpening knives and scythes...
, Galloway - Loch an Eòin (Sutherland)
- Loch ErrochtyLoch ErrochtyLoch Errochty is a man made freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands it is situated within the Perth and Kinross council area.- Overview :...
, Perth and Kinross (reservoir) - Loch ErichtLoch ErichtLoch Ericht is a freshwater loch on the border between Perth and Kinross and the Highlands Council areas of Scotland. It is situated at a height of 351 metres above sea level and has a north-east to south-west orientation. The village of Dalwhinnie lies at the north east end of the loch...
(reservoir) - Erncrogo Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Esk (Glen Clova)
- Loch Essan (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Essenside Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Loch EtchachanLoch EtchachanLoch Etchachan is a lake located in the Cairngorm mountains, Scotland, between the mountains Cairn Gorm and Ben MacDui. It is the highest waterbody of its size in the UK, the surface being above sea level....
(Cairngorms) - Loch EttrickLoch EttrickLoch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland....
, Dumfriesshire - Loch nan Eun (east of Rubha Reidh, Wester Ross)
- Loch nan Eun (west of The CairnwellThe CairnwellThe Cairnwell is a mountain in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland, south of Braemar. It is often considered to be one of the most spoiled of the Munros, due to the Glenshee Ski Centre which covers the eastern slope of the mountain....
) - Loch nan Eun (Inverinate Forest)
- Loch nan Eun (southeast of Loch NessLoch NessLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
) - Loch nan Eun (ApplecrossApplecrossThe Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
) - Loch nan Eun (west of Muir of Ord)
- Loch Eye (Easter Ross)
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- Loch Fada (Wester Ross)
- Lochan Fada (Letterewe Forest, Wester Ross) (one of largest 'lochans')
- Lochan Fada (south of Canisp, Sutherland)
- Loch na Faic (west of Glen Cassley, Sutherland)
- Fairy LochsFairy LochsThe Fairy Lochs are a small group of lochans approximately 2 miles SE of the village of Badachro near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland....
- Loch FannichLoch FannichLoch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in the Scottish highlands. The loch is located 12 miles west of Strathpeffer.Loch Fannich was dammed and its water level raised as part of the Conon Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board between 1946 and 1961...
(Wester Ross) (reservoir) - Fannyside Lochs (North LanarkshireNorth LanarkshireNorth Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
) - Loch na Faoilinn (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch Farlary (northwest of Golspie, Sutherland)
- Loch Farr (Strathnairn)
- Loch FaskallyLoch FaskallyLoch Faskally is a man-made reservoir in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, northwest of Pitlochry.The loch lies between steeply wooded hills and is approximately in length, narrowing to around wide...
(Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Loch Feith an Leòthaid (Assynt, Sutherland)
- Loch na Féithe Mùgaig (east of Gairloch, Wester Ross)
- Fell Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Fellcroft Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Fender (Perth and Kinross)
- Loch FergusLoch FergusLoch Fergus 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 Bowmanston in the Parish of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch lies...
, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - 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 (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Finlas (Ayrshire) (reservoir)
- Loch Finnart (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Fionn Loch (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
- Fionn Loch (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Fionn Loch Beag (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
- Fionn Loch Mór (southeast of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland)
- Loch Fitty (FifeFifeFife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
) - Loch FleetLoch FleetLoch Fleet 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.-Geography and geology:...
(Dumfries and Galloway) - Loch Flemington (Nairn)
- Loch Fleodach Coire (Inchnadamph Forest, Sutherland)
- Loch of Forfar (AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) - Loch Freasdail (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch Freuchie (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Freumhach (west of Beinn AlliginBeinn AlliginBeinn Alligin 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...
) - 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)
- Loch of Fyntalloch (Dumfries and Galloway)
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- Loch na Gabhalach Nodha (Sutherland)
- Loch nan Gabhar (ArdgourArdgourArdgour is a district of Lochaber on Ardnamurchan peninisula on the western shore of Loch Linnhe, in Highland Scotland.The term Ardgour, together with Kingairloch, is applied to a large area of countryside around the village, from the Glensanda Superquarry, Kingairloch and Kilmalieu in the south...
) - Loch nan Gad (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Gaddon Loch, nature reserve, Fife
- Loch nan Gad (Argyll and Bute)
- GadlochGadlochThe Gadloch is a fresh water loch situated at the edge of the town of Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland....
(LenzieLenzieLenzie is a small town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about six miles north-east of Glasgow city centre and one mile south of Kirkintilloch. It has a population of about 10,000.-Name:...
, East DunbartonshireEast DunbartonshireThis article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...
) - Loch Gaineamhach (ApplecrossApplecrossThe Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
) (one of two in Applecross) - Loch Gaineamhach (south of Ben Kilbreck, Sutherland)
- Loch Gaineamhach (ApplecrossApplecrossThe Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
) (one of two in Applecross) - Loch Gaineamhach (Shieldaig Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Gaineamhach Beag (northwest of Beinn AlliginBeinn AlliginBeinn Alligin 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...
) - 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)
- Loch nan Gall (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
- Loch Gamhna (Rothiemurchus ForestRothiemurchus ForestRothiemurchus Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest at near Aviemore, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland.The forest is popular for recreation, but contains some of the most important wildlife in Europe, including the osprey, Scottish crossbill, capercaillie, crested tit and wild...
) - 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)
- Loch GarryLoch GarryLoch Garry, , is 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland, and is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, and drains into Loch Oich in the Great Glen just 5 km downstream...
(reservoir) - Loch Garry (AthollAthollAtholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber....
) - Loch Garten, Speyside
- Loch Garve (Easter Ross)
- An Gead Loch (Wester Ross)
- Loch Gelly, 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 MallaigMallaigMallaig ; 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 , completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles".The village of Mallaig...
) - 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 (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - Loch nan Gillean (near Plockton, Lochalsh)
- Loch na Glaic (Sutherland)
- Loch Glascarnoch (Wester Ross) (reservoir)
- Loch Glashan (Argyll and Bute) (reservoir)
- An Glas-loch (southwest of Altnaharra, Sutherland)
- Glas-loch Mór (Sutherland)
- Loch Glass (Easter Ross) (reservoir)
- Loch Glassie (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Gleann Loch (Argyll and Bute) (reservoir)
- Loch Gleannan a' Choit (southeast of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
- Loch Gleannan a' Mhadaidh (south of Suilven, Sutherland)
- Glenbuck Loch, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Glentoo Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - 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 (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 (south of AchnasheenAchnasheenAchnasheen is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland. Despite the size of the village, Achnasheen is also the name of a postal district which covers several much larger communities. This dates from the time when the village railway station was an important stop on...
) - 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 GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch Haluim (south of Tongue, Sutherland)
- Loch Harrow (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Headshaw Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Loch Heilen (Caithness)
- Hellmoor Loch (Scottish Borders)
- Loch Hempriggs (Thrumster, Caithness)
- Hen Poo (at Duns CastleDuns CastleDuns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, dates from 1320. The earlier house was transformed into a Gothic castle, 1818–22, by architect James Gillespie Graham. It is owned by the current Laird, Alexander Hay of...
, Scottish Borders) - Loch Heron (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Hightae Mill Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Hogganfield Loch (near GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
) - Loch Hope (Sutherland)
- Loch Horn (west of Brora, Sutherland)
- Hoselaw Loch (Scottish Borders)
- Loch Howie (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Humphrey (Dumbarton) (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 CarrbridgeCarrbridgeCarrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy.It has the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands and nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest...
) - Loch Inchard, Sutherland
- Loch Innis na Bà Buidhe (Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
- Loch Innis Thorcaill (west of Loch Assynt, Sutherland)
- Loch InshLoch InshLoch Insh is a loch in Highlands region, Scotland.It is situated in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, seven miles south of Aviemore and seven miles north of Kingussie. The loch is a location for sailing and kayaking/canoeing. There is a well stocked watersports centre on the southeast side of...
(Speyside) - Loch Inshore (west of Kyle of Durness, Sutherland)
- Loch Iol-ghaoith (Sutherland)
- Loch Iubhair (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Jordieland Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
)
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- Loch KatrineLoch KatrineLoch Katrine is a freshwater loch in the district of Stirling, Scotland. It is roughly 8 miles long by 2/3 of a mile wide and runs the length of Strath Gartney...
, an important reservoir - Loch Keisgaig (south of Cape Wrath, Sutherland)
- Loch Kemp (southeast of Loch NessLoch NessLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
) - Loch KenLoch KenLoch Ken is 9-mile long freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the Glenkens, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the Dee. It continues as the Dee south from Glenlochar, where the water is held back by the Glenlochar Barrage...
(reservoir) - Loch Kennard (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Kernsary (east of Poolewe, Wester Ross)
- Kerse LochKerse LochKerse Loch , also recorded as Carse Loch is a small freshwater loch in the East Ayrshire Council Area, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Dalrymple, Scotland.-Etymology:...
, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Kilbirnie LochKilbirnie LochKilbirnie Loch , is situated in the floodplain of between Kilbirnie, Glengarnock and Beith, and runs south-west to north-east for almost , is about wide for the most part and has an area of roughly 3 km2 . It has a general depth of around 5.2 metres to a maximum of around 11 metres...
, North Ayrshire - Kilcaigrie Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Kilchoan Lochs (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Kilconquhar LochKilconquhar LochKilconquhar Loch is a Scottish freshwater loch.This small shallow loch is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is located beside the village of the same name in East Fife, within a mile of the coastal village of Elie....
, FifeFifeFife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire... - Loch Killimster (Caithness)
- Loch KillinLoch KillinLoch Killin is a small loch in the Monadhliath Mountains, in Highland, Scotland. It is about 1.2 miles long, and is one of numerous small lochs close to the southern end of Loch Ness, the southernmost point of which lies nine miles to the west....
(southeast of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire) - Killypole Loch (KintyreKintyreKintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
) - Loch Kinardochy (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Kindar (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Kinghorn Loch, Fife
- Kingside Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Loch KinordLoch KinordLoch Kinord is a loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland just north of the River Dee five miles east of Ballater. It contains several islets, as noted in a 19th century book giving a brief description of the loch, and is forested with birch trees....
(AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Loch of Kinnordy (AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) - Kirk Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Kirkaldy (south of Nairn)
- Kirriemore Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Kirriereoch Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Knapps Loch, (RenfrewshireRenfrewshireRenfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...
) - Loch Knockie (southeast of Loch NessLoch NessLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
) - Knockruan Loch (Kintyre)
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- Loch an Lagain (northeast of Bonar Bridge)
- Loch Laggan (Badenoch) (reservoir in two parts)
- Loch Laggan (StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) - Loch Laide (northwest of Loch Ness)
- Loch Laidon (Rannoch MoorRannoch MoorRannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
) - Lanark Loch
- Loch nan Lann (southeast of Loch NessLoch NessLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
) - Loch Lànnsaidh (near Dornoch)
- Loch an Laoigh (south of Achnashellach)
- Loch Laoigh (near Dornoch)
- Loch na Lap (east of Loch TreigLoch TreigLoch Treig is a 9 km freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20 km east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland...
) - Loch na Larach (Oldshoremore, Sutherland)
- Loch Laro (north of Bonar Bridge)
- Loch Leacann (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch Leathan (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch an Leathiad Bhuain (Glendhu Forest, Sutherland)
- Ledcrieff Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Lednock (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Loch LeeLoch LeeLoch Lee is a loch in Angus, Scotland south of the Grampian Mountains that flows into the River North Esk. Queen Victoria described it as "a wild but not large lake, closed in by mountains, with a farm-house and a few cottages at its edge"....
(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)
- Loch na Leitreach (Lochalsh)
- Loch an Leòid (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch an Leothaid (southeast of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
- Loch LevenLoch LevenLoch Leven is a fresh water loch in Perth and Kinross council area, central Scotland.Roughly triangular, the loch is about 6 km at its longest. The burgh of Kinross lies at its western end. Loch Leven Castle lies on an island a short way offshore...
, site of Loch Leven CastleLoch Leven CastleLoch Leven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland. Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the location military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence... - 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 BarrheadBarrheadBarrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. As of the 2001 census its population was 19,813....
) - Lilly Loch (North LanarkshireNorth LanarkshireNorth Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
) - Lily Loch (northeast of Dyce, AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Lily Loch (Dumbarton)
- Lindores LochLindores LochLindores Loch is a freshwater loch situated in North Fife in the Parish of Abdie. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. A curling pond is situated on the Northern shoreline and is nominally used by the Abdie Curling Club and Abdie ladies...
, Fife - Lindston Loch, (DalrympleDalrymple, East AyrshireDalrymple is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the western-most point of East Ayrshire, around 8km south-east of Ayr. Dalrymple is in the Doon Valley, on the north bank of the River Doon. The population is 1,347....
) - Linfern Loch, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Linlithgow LochLinlithgow LochLinlithgow Loch is a lake situated in Linlithgow, to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is to the north of the town centre, and next to Linlithgow Palace.The loch is ¾ of a mile long and covers half a square kilometre.-Fishing and boating:...
, situated to the north of Linlithgow - Loch Linne (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch of Lintrathen (AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) - Little Loch Skiach (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch Loch (AthollAthollAtholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber....
) a curious name! - Lochaber Loch (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Lochend LochLochend Loch, CoyltonLochend Loch, once nearly 3 acres in surface area, is now only a small freshwater loch remnant in the South Ayrshire Council Areas, lying on the hill above Joppa, between Gallowhill and Lochend Farm, 0.5km from Coylton, in the parish of Coylton and 3 miles from Ayr...
, South AyrshireSouth AyrshireSouth Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.... - Lochend Loch, Coatbridge
- Lochenkit Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- LochindorbLochindorbLochindorb is a freshwater loch north of Grantown on Spey in the Highland council area of Scotland. This loch is home to the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, a former stronghold of the Clan Comyn. It is also a popular spot with fishers and birdwatchers, the latter of whom come to see the local...
(south of Nairn) - LochinvarLochinvarLochinvar is a loch in Scotland that is now a reservoir. It nestles in the hills of Dumfries and Galloway to the north-east of St. John's Town of Dalry. It is drained by the Lochinvar Burn, which flows south to the Water of Ken. The ruins of a castle stand on a now submerged islet within the loch...
(Dumfries and Galloway) (reservoir) - Lochmill Loch, Fife
- LochnagarLochnagarLochnagar or Beinn Chìochan is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about five miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.-Names:...
- Lochrutton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch LochyLoch LochyLoch Lochy is a large freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. With a mean depth of , it is the third deepest loch of Scotland.-Geography:...
- Loch an Lòin (north of Kishorn)
- Loch na Loinne (south of Drumbeg, Sutherland)
- Loirston Loch (Aberdeen)
- Loch of Lomashion (Duncansby Head, Caithness)
- Loch LomondLoch LomondLoch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area. The lake contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles, although the lake itself is smaller than many Irish...
, the largest by surface area - Loch Lòn na h-Uamha (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Long Loch (RenfrewshireRenfrewshireRenfrewshire is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east...
) - Long Loch (DundeeDundeeDundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
) - Long Loch of Glenhead (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Long Loch of the Dungeon (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch nan Losgann (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch o' th' Lowes, (near New CumnockNew CumnockNew Cumnock is a place in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It expanded during the coal mining era but, like so many others, suffered after the deep shaft pits closed in the 1980's...
, Ayrshire) - Loch of the LowesLoch of the LowesLoch of the Lowes is a loch near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust....
(near Dunkeld, Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch of the LowesLoch of the LowesLoch of the Lowes is a loch near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust....
, adjacent to St. Mary's Loch - Lowes Loch, AyrshireLowes Loch, AyrshireLowes Loch, The Lochs or Loch of Hill is now a small natural freshwater loch in the North Ayrshire Council Areas , lying in a glacial 'Kettle hole', once of greater extent, lying below Brownmuir and Lochland Hills on the Threepwood Road, near Beith, in the Parish of Beith...
- Loch Loyal (Sutherland)
- Loch Loyne (reservoir)
- Loch nan Lùb (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
- Loch LubnaigLoch LubnaigLoch Lubnaig is a small loch near Callander in the Stirling council area, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Perthshire....
- Loch Luchd Choire (Sutherland)
- Loch Luichart (Wester Ross) (reservoir)
- Lundie Loch (DundeeDundeeDundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
) - Loch Lundie (ApplecrossApplecrossThe Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village with the pub and post office, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on...
) - Loch Lundie (near Plockton, Lochalsh)
- Loch Lundie (north of InvergarryInvergarryInvergarry is a village in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry flows into Loch Oich.Near the centre of the village is the junction between the A82 road and the A87 road which branches off to the west towards Skye.The ruined Invergarry Castle is situated...
, Great Glen) - Lochan Lùnn Dà-bhrà (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - Loch Lunndaidh (west of Golspie, Sutherland)
- Loch Lurgainn (Coigach, Wester Ross)
- Lussa Loch (KintyreKintyreKintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
) (reservoir) - Loch LyonLoch LyonLoch Lyon is a freshwater loch in Glen Lyon, located in Perthshire, Scotland, which feeds the River Lyon, a tributary of the River Tay. The original natural loch was much expanded by a hydro-electric dam, part of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Breadalbane scheme....
(reservoir)
M
- Loch Maberry (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
/ Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch MacaterickLoch MacaterickLoch Macaterick is a loch in East Ayrshire, Scotland within Galloway Forest Park and Merrick Kells SSSI.The loch is situated to the north of Macaterick , to the west of Craigfionn and to the southeast of Loch Riecawr....
, (Ayrshire) - Loch Magharaidh (Esater Ross)
- Loch Magillie (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Mahaick, (StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) - Maiden Loch (northwest of Lochinver, Sutherland)
- Loch Mallachie (Abernethy ForestAbernethy ForestAbernethy Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest near Aviemore, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. It is an RSPB reserve, close to Loch Garten Osprey Centre, which is also owned by the RSPB. There is approximately 4,000 hectares of forest within the reserve, and just under half of...
) - Loch Màma (LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
) - 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 KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch MareeLoch MareeLoch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area is ....
, the fourth largest by surface area - Marlee Loch (a.k.a. Loch of Drumellie) (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Martnaham LochMartnaham LochMartnaham Loch is a freshwater loch lying across the border between East and South Ayrshire Council Areas, 2km from Coylton, in the parishes of Coylton and Dalrymple, 3 miles from Ayr. The loch lies along an axis from north-east to south-west. The remains of a castle lie on a possibly artificial...
, (Ayrshire) - Loch Meadie (north of Ben Hope, Sutherland)
- Loch Meadaidh (south of Durness, Sutherland)
- Loch Meadie (Sutherland)
- 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 ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe (Ben NevisBen NevisBen Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William....
) (the 'halfway lochan' on ascent) - Lochain Meallan a' Chuail (Sutherland)
- Loch Meig (reservoir) (Strathconon)
- Meikle LochMeikle LochMeikle Loch is designated – as part of the Ythan Estuary complex along with the Sands of Forvie – as a Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes....
(east of Ellon, Aberdeenshire) - Loch Meldalloch (Argyll and Bute)
- Lake of MenteithLake of MenteithThe Lake of Menteith , 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 of Stirling. Until the early 19th century, the more usual Scottish name of Loch of Menteith was used...
(Stirlingshire) - Loch Merkland (Sutherland)
- Methven Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - 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 (ArdnamurchanArdnamurchanArdnamurchan is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoilt and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main access route being a single track road for much of its length.-Geography:...
) - Loch Mhic Ghille-chaoile (Glen Einich, Cairngorms)
- Loch Mhic Mhàirtein (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch Mheugaidh (RannochRannochRannoch is an area of the Scottish Highlands between the A9 road, to the east, and the A82, to the west. The area is crossed from south to north by the West Highland railway line....
) - Loch MhòrLoch MhòrLoch Mhòr is a loch in the traditional county of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It occupies much of the wide floor of Stratherrick which runs roughly parallel to Loch Ness around 3mi / 5km to its southeast. A generally shallow body of water, Loch Mhòr achieves a depth in excess of 20m...
(Inverness-shire) (reservoir) - Loch Mhuilich (north of Loch Monar)
- Loch a' Mhuilinn (northwest of Tongue, Sutherland)
- Loch a' Mhuilinn (west of Strath Halladale, Sutherland)
- Loch a' Mhuilinn (Flow Country, Caithness)
- 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 TorridonTorridonTorridon 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 Torridon. It lies on the shore of Loch Torridon.Torridon is on the west coast of Scotland, ...
) - Loch Middle (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch MigdaleLoch MigdaleLoch Migdale in a freshwater loch near Bonar Bridge, in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.The loch contains a Crannog dating from Iron Age....
(near Bonar Bridge) - Mill Loch (near LochmabenLochmabenLochmaben is a small town in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle. It lies four miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway.-Notable people:*Angus Douglas - Scottish internationalist footballer...
, Dumfries and Galloway) - Milton Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Minnoch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Mire LochMire LochMire Loch is a man made freshwater loch situated on St Abb's Head in the Scottish Borders, just over a kilometre NW of the village of St. Abbs at grid reference . The loch lies on land owned by the National Trust for Scotland and is approximately 600 metres long by 50 metres at its widest...
, on St. Abb's Head, Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland... - Loch Misirich (Easter Ross)
- Loch na Mnatha (east of Scourie, Sutherland)
- Loch Moan (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Mochrum Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Mochrum Loch (near MayboleMayboleMaybole is a burgh of barony and police burgh of South Ayrshire, Scotland. Pop. 4,552. It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. ...
, 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 KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) (reservoir) - Loch Monar (reservoir)
- Loch MonzievairdLoch Monzievaird-History:King Kenneth III of Scotland was killed at the battle of Monzievaird in 1005.On the north side of the loch are the remains of an old fortress called Castle Cluggy. This was the original home of the lairds of Ochtertyre. The fortress was referred to as 'ancient' in a charter of 1467...
(Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Moor Loch (FifeFifeFife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
) - 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 (AthollAthollAtholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber....
) - Loch MorarLoch MorarLoch Morar is a freshwater loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth-largest loch in Scotland, with a surface area of and the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, with a maximum depth of ....
, fifth largest by surface area, deepest freshwater body in the British IslesBritish IslesThe British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and... - Loch More (Sutherland)
- Loch More (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch Morie (Easter Ross)
- Loch MorlichLoch MorlichLoch Morlich is a freshwater loch in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Highland, Scotland near Aviemore. The loch is home to a watersports center with kayaking, sailing and windsurfing among the activities available. There is also a yacht club and cycling routes around the loch...
(Cairngorms) - Morton LochsMorton LochsMorton Lochs is a National Nature Reserve located near Tayport, in the north east of Fife, Scotland. It consists of three small lochs important for a variety of waterfowl species...
, Fife - Loch MoyLoch MoyLoch M'hoy is a freshwater loch beside the village of M'hoy near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.-References:...
(southeast of InvernessInvernessInverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
) - Loch na Mucnaich (Reay Forest, Sutherland)
- Loch Mudle (ArdnamurchanArdnamurchanArdnamurchan is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoilt and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main access route being a single track road for much of its length.-Geography:...
) - Mugdock Loch (near MilngavieMilngavieMilngavie , is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden....
) - Loch MuickLoch MuickLoch Muick is a 2-mile long freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is fed from the west by the Allt an dubh Loch, which flows down from Dubh Loch. The outflow is the source of the River Muick. A hiking path around the loch exists and is accessible from a carpark at Spittal of Glen Muick,...
(AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Loch Muigh-bhlàraidh (Easter Ross)
- Loch MullardochLoch MullardochLoch Mullardoch is a major reservoir in Glen Cannich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It was created by the damming in 1951 of the River Cannich just upstream of Mullardoch House, as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. A car park at the southern end of the dam is the...
(reservoir)
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- Loch Nant (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) (reservoir) - Loch Naver (Sutherland)
- Loch Neaty (Eskdale Moor, Inverness-shire)
- Lochan Neimhe (east of Torridon)
- Loch NeldrickenLoch NeldrickenLoch Neldricken is a loch in Galloway to the south-east of Merrick, south of Craig Neldricken and west of Craignaw. The loch is almost bisected by a long promontory. It drains via the short Mid Burn into Loch Valley and then via Gairland Burn down to Loch Trool....
, Galloway - Loch Nell (southeast of Oban)
- Loch NessLoch NessLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
, the second largest by surface area and largest by volume - Nicholl's Loch (AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) - Loch an Nighe Leathaid (beneath Arkle, Sutherland)
- Loch an Nid (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Noir (southeast of Forres)
- Loch an Nostarie (southeast of MallaigMallaigMallaig ; 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 , completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles".The village of Mallaig...
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- Loch Ob an Lochain (northeast of Ullapool) (continuous with Loch Dubh and Loch Dubh Beag)
- Loch Ochiltree (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch OichLoch OichLoch Oich is a freshwater loch in the Highlands of Scotland which forms part of the Caledonian Canal, of which it is the highest point. This narrow loch lies between Loch Ness and Loch Lochy in the Great Glen...
(Great Glen) (level artificially raised) - Loch na Oidhche (Flowerdale Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Olginey (Caithness)
- Loch Ordie (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch OreLoch OreLoch Ore is a loch situated in Fife, Scotland. It forms the core of Lochore Meadows Country Park. It is used mainly for leisure purposes, especially yachting, although the uneven depth can make the likes of speed boating problematic....
, Fife - Loch Osgaig (Coigach, Wester Ross)
- Loch Ospisdale near Dornoch, (artificial)
- Loch OssianLoch OssianLoch Ossian is narrow loch that is about 5 km long on the north eastern edge of Rannoch Moor, on The Corrour Estate, with its western corner 2 km east of Corrour railway station...
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- Loch nam Paitean (MoidartMoidartMoidart is a district in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.Moidart lies to the west of Fort William and is very remote. Loch Shiel cuts off the south-east boundary of the district. Moidart includes the townships of Dorlin, Mingarry, Kinlochmoidart and Glenuig. At Dorlin is located the ancient fortress...
) - Palm Loch (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- South Palmerston LochSouth Palmerston LochSouth Palmerston Loch or Flush, previously known as Loch of the Hill, lying to the east of the 500ft Back o'hill Mount. It was one of several small lochs within the Parish of Ochiltree...
OchiltreeOchiltreeOchiltree, spelt Uchletree in the Middle Ages, is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland near Auchinleck and Cumnock. It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire with archaeological remains indicating Stone Age and Bronze Age settlers.... - Loch of Park (east of Banchory, Aberdeenshire) (marsh)
- Loch Patrick (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch Pattack (BadenochBadenochBadenoch 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 the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber...
) - Loch Phadruig (BraemarBraemarBraemar 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 altitude of ....
) - Loch a' Phearsainn (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch a' Phreasan Chailltean (south of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
- Loch a' Phuill Bhuidhe (south of Cape Wrath, Sutherland)
- Loch Pityoulish (east of AviemoreAviemoreAviemore 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 popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
) - Plaid LochPlaid LochPlaid Loch was a freshwater loch in the East Ayrshire Council Area, now a remnant due to drainage, near Sinclairston and 2 miles south-east of Drongan, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Ochiltree, Scotland.-The loch:...
near DronganDronganDrongan, a former mining village, is situated on the western edge of Ayrshire, some 8 miles from Ayr and 8 miles from Cumnock and has a population of 3168....
, East AyrshireEast AyrshireEast Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders on to North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway... - Loch Poll (Assynt, Sutherland)
- Loch Poll Daidh (north of Lochinver, Sutherland)
- Pond of Drummond (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Portmore Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Possil Loch (near GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
) - Loch Poulary (on River GarryRiver Garry, PerthshireThe River Garry is a major tributary of the River Tummel, itself a tributary of the River Tay, in the traditional county of Perthshire in the Scottish Highlands...
) - Loch Preas nan Aighean (northeast of Lochinver, Sutherland)
- Loch Preas nan Sgiathanach (Sutherland)
- Loch Prille (Ross and Cromarty)
- Loch QuoichLoch QuoichLoch Quoich is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40k m northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland...
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- Loch Raa (Coigach, Wester Ross)
- Loch Racadal (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch Rangag (northwest of Lybster, Caithness)
- Loch RannochLoch RannochLoch Rannoch is a large body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.The loch is over long in a west-east direction with an average width of about . The River Tummel begins at its eastern end. The Tay Forest Park lies along its southern shore...
- Redmyre Loch (DundeeDundeeDundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
) - Rescobie LochRescobie LochRescobie Loch is a post glacial fresh water body located in the Parish of Rescobie, to the East of Forfar, in the county of Angus, Scotland. The loch is fed by Lunan Water which enters from the West and exits to the East.-History:...
(AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) - Loch Restil (Argyll and Bute)
- Rhifail Loch (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Loch Riabhachain (east of Cannich, Inverness-shire))
- Loch Riecawr, (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) (reservoir) - Loch Rifa-gil (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Loch Rimsdale (Sutherland)
- Loch Roan (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Romach Loch (south of ForresForresForres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions...
) - Loch Romain (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch Rosail (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Rotmell Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Round Loch of Glenhead (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Round Loch of the Dungeon (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Roy (beneath Creag MeagaidhCreag MeagaidhCreag Meagaidh is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Spean in Scotland. It is a complex mountain, taking the form of a flat summit plateau from which five ridges radiate, and is most famed for the cliffs surrounding the corrie of Coire Ardair on the north-eastern face...
) - 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 RuskyLoch RuskyLoch Rusky is a small loch near Callander in the Stirling council area, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Perthshire.The loch lies to the east of Mentieth Hills, approx. 6 km northeast of the Port of Menteith. The Torrie Forest extends over Lennieston Muir to the east.The name Rusky...
, (StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) - Loch RuthvenLoch RuthvenLoch Ruthven is a large loch which lies to the southeast of Loch Ness in the Highland region of Scotland. It is 2.25 miles long, extends over an area of 368 acres and is up to 42ft deep. The most important breeding site in the UK for Slavonian Grebes, it has one of the highest populations of this...
(southeast of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire) - Loch Ronald (Dumfries and Galloway)
S
- St. John's Loch (Dunnet, Caithness)
- St Margaret's Loch, artificial loch in Holyrood ParkHolyrood ParkHolyrood Park is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about a mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of whin providing a remarkably wild piece of highland landscape within its area...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... - St. Mary's Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Loch Sàinn (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch Saird (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch Salachaidh (west of Golspie, Sutherland)
- Sand Loch (AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Loch Sand (northwest of Dunbeath, Caithness)
- Sandwood Loch (north of Kinlochbervie, Sutherland)
- Loch na Saobhaidhe (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Loch Saorach (Caithness)
- Loch of Sarclet (Thrumster, Caithness)
- Loch Saugh (AngusAngusAngus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
) (reservoir) - Loch Scalloch (AyrshireAyrshireAyrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
) - Loch Scalpaidh (Kyle of LochalshKyle of LochalshKyle of Lochalsh is a village on the northwest coast of Scotland, 63 miles west of Inverness. It is located at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye...
) - Loch Scammadale (south of Oban)
- Loch Scarmclate (Caithness)
- Loch ScavenLoch ScavenLoch Scaven is a loch in Glen Carron near the origins of the River Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland....
- Scrabster Loch (Caithness)
- Loch ScridainLoch ScridainLoch Scridain is a long sea loch, with a west-south west aspect, on the western, or Atlantic coastline of the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.-Geography:...
(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 (east of Arkle, Sutherland)
- Loch na Seilge (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch an t-Seilich (Gaick Forest)
- Loch Sgamhain (Glen Carron)
- Loch na Sgeallaig (Corrour)
- Loch Sgeireach (Fannich Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Sgeireach (southwest of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
- Lochan Sgeireach (Sutherland)
- Loch an Sgòir (Ben AlderBen AlderBen Alder is the highest mountain in the remote area of the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ericht and Glen Spean. The vast summit plateau is home of one of Britain's highest bodies of standing water, Lochan a' Garbh Coire. It is the 25th highest Munro, and due to its remote location, one of the...
) - Loch Sguod (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
- Loch Shandra (Glen Isla)
- Shankston Loch, (Ayrshire)
- Shaws Under Loch (Scottish Borders)
- Shaws Upper Loch (Scottish Borders)
- Loch Sheilah (north of Alness, Easter Ross)
- Loch ShieldLoch ShieldLoch Shield , originally Loch of Scheel was a freshwater loch in the East Ayrshire Council Area, now drained, near Drongan, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Ochiltree, Scotland.-The loch:...
East AyrshireEast AyrshireEast Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders on to North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway... - Loch ShielLoch ShielLoch Shiel is a 19.3 km2 freshwater loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of Fort William in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland...
- Shielswood Loch (Scottish Borders)
- Loch ShinLoch ShinLoch Shin is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch is the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is 17 miles long....
, 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 CarrbridgeCarrbridgeCarrbridge is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy.It has the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands and nearby ancient pine forest contains the Landmark Forest...
) - Loch Sionascaig (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Sìor Loch (east of Oban)
- Loch Skae (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - Loch SkeenLoch SkeenLoch Skeen is a loch in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. It is located about 10 miles to the north-east of Moffat and feeds the 60-metre high Grey Mare's Tail waterfall...
(Dumfries and Galloway) - Loch Skelloch, (Ayrshire)
- Loch of SkeneLoch of SkeneThe Loch of Skene is in Aberdeenshire, Scotland some 9 miles west of the city of Aberdeen, near the Kirkton of Skene village.Loch of Skene is home to the Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yachting Club....
(Aberdeenshire) - Skeroblin Loch (KintyreKintyreKintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
) - Loch Skerrow (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Skiach (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Skyline Loch (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch an t-Slagain (Rubha Mor, Wester Ross)
- Loch Sletill (Flow Country, Caithness)
- Loch Sloy (reservoir)
- Loch na Smeòraich (near Plockton, Lochalsh)
- Soulseat Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Spallander, (reservoir) (Ayrshire)
- Loch nan Spréidh (Sutherland)
- Loch Spynie (north of ElginElgin, MorayElgin is a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the flood plain. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190...
) - Loch Srath nan Aisinnin (Glendhu Forest, Sutherland)
- Loch na Sròine Luime (top of Glen Cassley, Sutherland)
- Lochan Sròn Mór (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) (reservoir) - 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)
- 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 KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch of Strathbeg (BuchanBuchanBuchan is one of the six committee areas and administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. These areas were created by the council in 1996, when the Aberdeenshire unitary council area was created under the Local Government etc Act 1994...
) - Strathclyde Loch (MotherwellMotherwellMotherwell is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, south east of Glasgow. The name "Moderwelt" appears on a map of Lanarkshire made by Timothy Pont some time between 1583 and 1611 and printed in the Netherlands in around 1652, although the settlement was probably little more...
) - Loch Strathy (east of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
- Loch Syre (west of Strathnaver, Sutherland)
T
- Loch an Tachdaich (Wester Ross)
- Tangy Loch (KintyreKintyreKintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
) - Loch Tarbhaidh (east of Loch Naver, Sutherland)
- Loch Tarbhaidh (northeast of Rhiconich, Sutherland)
- Loch Tarff (southeast of Loch NessLoch NessLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"...
) - Loch Tarsan A loch in Argyll, formed by the flooding parts of Glen Lean and Glen Tarsan for hydroelectricityHydroelectricityHydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...
production - Loch Tarvie (near Dornoch)
- Loch TayLoch TayLoch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire.It is a long narrow loch of around 14 miles long, and typically around 1 to 1½ miles wide, following the line of the valley from the south west to north east...
, the sixth largest by surface area - Loch Tearnait (MorvernMorvernMorvern is a peninsula in south west Lochaber, on the west coast of Scotland. The name is derived from the Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne . The highest point is the summit of the Corbett Creach Bheinn which reaches in elevation....
) - Loch ThomLoch ThomLoch Thom is a reservoir which since 1827 has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. It is named after the civil engineer Robert Thom who designed the scheme which created the reservoir and delivered water via a long aqueduct known as The Cut...
, 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 (AthollAthollAtholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber....
) - Loch of Toftingall (Caithness)
- Toll Lochan (SutherlandSutherlandSutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...
) - Loch Toll an Lochain (Fannich Forest, Wester RossWester Rossis a western area of Ross and Cromarty in Scotland, notably containing the villages on the west coast such as:* Lochcarron* Applecross* Shieldaig* Torridon* Kinlochewe * * * Aultbea* Laide* Ullapool* Achiltibuie...
) - Loch Toll an Lochain (beneath An Teallach, Wester Ross)
- Loch Toll nam Biast (north of Beinn AlliginBeinn AlliginBeinn Alligin 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...
) - Loch Toll a' Mhadaidh (Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross)
- Loch Torr na Ceàrdaich (Caithness)
- Loch nan Torran (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch na Totaig (Coigach, Wester Ross)
- Town Loch, DunfermlineDunfermlineDunfermline is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. Part of the town's name comes from the Gaelic word...
, FifeFifeFife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire... - Loch Tralaig (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch TreigLoch TreigLoch Treig is a 9 km freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20 km east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland...
(reservoir) - Na Tri Lochan (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Loch Tromlee (Argyll and Bute)
- Loch TroolLoch TroolLoch Trool is a body of water in Galloway, south-west Scotland lying in the valley of Glen Trool. It is the source of the Water of Trool which flows to the Water of Minnoch and the Cree.It was the location, in 1307, of the Battle of Glen Trool....
- 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 TullaLoch TullaLoch Tulla is a small loch at near Bridge of Orchy and Glen Coe in Scotland and in the central highlands. It contains salmon some of which are bred locally....
- Loch Tullybelton (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Loch TummelLoch TummelLoch Tummel is a long, narrow loch, 7 kilometres north west of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland .-Geography:The loch is approximately 11 kilometres long from east to west, and is just under 1 kilometre wide...
(reservoir) - Loch Turret (Perth and Kinross) (reservoir)
U
- Loch na h-Uamhaidh Beag (west of Loch EweLoch EweLoch Ewe is a sea loch in the region of 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 notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement...
, Wester Ross) - Loch na h-Uamhaidh Móire (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross)
- Loch na h-Uamhaig (west of Beinn AlliginBeinn AlliginBeinn Alligin 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...
) - Loch nan Uan (west of Ben Klibreck, Sutherland)
- Loch Uanagan (near Fort AugustusFort AugustusFort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 ; its economy is heavily reliant on tourism....
) - Loch Uidh Tarraigean (Inverpolly, Wester Ross)
- Loch na h-Uidhe (Wester Ross)
- Loch Uisge (Kingairloch)
- Loch Ulagadale (Argyll and ButeArgyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
) - Loch Ulbhach Coire (Sutherland)
- Loch an Ulbhaidh (northeast of Loch Shin, Sutherland)
- Loch Ullachie (AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
) - Loch Unapool (Kylesku, Sutherland)
- Loch Urigill (Ledmore, Sutherland)
- Loch Urr (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Loch Ussie (near Dingwall)
V
- Loch Vaa (north of AviemoreAviemoreAviemore 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 popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
) - Loch Vaich (Strathvaich Forest, Wester Ross) (reservoir)
- Loch ValleyLoch ValleyLoch Valley is a loch in Galloway Forest Park to the east of Buchan Hill, north of the Rig of the Jarkness and southwest of Craignaw. It drains via Gairland Burn down to Loch Trool....
, Galloway - Loch Vatachan (Coigach, Wester Ross)
- Loch VenacharLoch VenacharLoch Venachar is a freshwater loch in Stirling district, Scotland, situated between Callander and Brig o' Turk...
(reservoir)
- Loch VeyatieLoch VeyatieLoch Veyatie is a large body of water in north-west Scotland. It stretches for 6 km north-westwards from the settlement of Elphin, and lies between Suilven and Cùl Mòr...
(Sutherland/Wester Ross) - Loch VoilLoch VoilLoch Voil is a small freshwater loch in Scotland. It is a short, narrow loch approximately 5 km in length, It is separated from Loch Doine by the River Larig and is drained at its northern end by the River Balvaig at Balquhidder. The Loch can be reached by a small single track road from...
- Loch Vrotachan (northwest of The CairnwellThe CairnwellThe Cairnwell is a mountain in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland, south of Braemar. It is often considered to be one of the most spoiled of the Munros, due to the Glenshee Ski Centre which covers the eastern slope of the mountain....
)
W
- Loch Walton (StirlingshireStirlingshireStirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...
) - Loch of Warehouse (Ulbster, Caithness)
- Loch Watenan (Ulbster, Caithness)
- Loch Watston (Stirlingshire)
- Loch WattenLoch WattenLoch Watten is a loch in Caithness, Scotland in the River Wick drainage basin. The name is a tautology, consisting of the word "loch" and vatn, a Norse word meaning the very same, found in such names as "Þingvallavatn" and Myvatn in Iceland, and "Røssvatnet" and "Møsvatn" in Norway.It is well...
, (CaithnessCaithnessCaithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is...
) loch famous for its trout - Loch of Wester (Caithness)
- Wester Loch of Daldorn, (Stirlingshire)
- Loch Wharral (Glen Clova)
- Loch Whinyeon (Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It was one of the nine administrative 'regions' of mainland Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government etc. Act 1973...
) - White Loch (East RenfrewshireEast RenfrewshireEast Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire and Inverclyde...
) - White Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- White Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- White Loch of Myrton (Dumfries and Galloway)
- White Moss Loch (Perth and KinrossPerth and KinrossPerth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
) - Whitefield Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Whittliemuir Midton Loch (near PaisleyPaisleyPaisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
) (reservoir) - Williestruther Loch (Scottish BordersScottish BordersThe Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) - Wooden Loch (Scottish Borders)
- Woodend Loch, Coatbridge
- Woodhall Loch (Dumfries and Galloway)
Lochs on islands
There are a very large number of lochs on the islands of Scotland, with the greatest density occurring in the Outer HebridesOuter Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...
. North
North Uist
North Uist is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.-Geography:North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island and the thirteenth largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has an area of , slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula...
and South Uist
South Uist
South Uist is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found. The...
and Lewis
Lewis
Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....
in particular have landscapes with a high percentage of freshwater and a maze and complexity of loch shapes. Harris has fewer large bodies of water but innumerable small lochans. Those listed here are confined to the larger or otherwise notable lochs.
Loch Orasaigh in Lewis is only about 125 hectares (308.9 acre) in extent but the island of Rainish Eilean Mòr
Rainish Eilean Mòr
Rainish Eilean Mòr is an uninhabited island in Loch Orasaigh, north of the village of Leurbost in the area of South Lochs on the island of Lewis...
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 Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
, Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
or Scots
Scots language
Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted...
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| Loch | Meaning of name | Island | OS Grid ref. | Area (in hectare Hectare The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2... s) |
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| Loch a' Phuill | Gaelic: Loch of the bog or pool | Tiree Tiree -History:Tiree is known for the 1st century BC Dùn Mòr broch, for the prehistoric carved Ringing Stone and for the birds of the Ceann a' Mhara headland.... |
Located in the south west near Balephuil. | |||
| Loch Bà | Mull Isle of Mull The Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute.... |
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| Loch Barabhat | Great Bernera Great Bernera Great Bernera , often known just as Bernera is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over , it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island.... |
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| Loch Bì | South Uist South Uist South Uist is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found. The... |
<10 | South Uist's largest loch is in the north of the island and at 8 kilometres (5 mi) long it all but cuts the island in two. | |||
| Loch of Boardhouse | Mainland Orkney | 5 | In Birsay Birsay Birsay is a parish in the north west corner of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Almost all the land in the parish is devoted to agriculture: chiefly grassland used to rear beef cattle... parish |
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| Loch Carabhat | Grimsay Grimsay Grimsay is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr causeway, a five mile arc of single track road linking North Uist and Benbecula via the western tip of Grimsay... |
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| Loch Carabhat | North Uist | 151 | 22.5 | North Uist's third largest loch | ||
| Loch of Cliff | Unst Unst Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs... |
104 | 6.5 | 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long and the most northerly loch in Britain. | ||
| Loch Coruisk Loch Coruisk Loch Coruisk is an inland fresh-water loch, lying at the foot of the Black Cuillin in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands.-Geography:... |
Gaelic: Loch of the corrie of water | Skye Skye Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills... |
38.4 | Located in the heart of the Black Cuillin Cuillin This article is about the Cuillin of Skye. See Rùm for the Cuillin of Rùm.The Cuillin are a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The true Cuillin are also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish them from the Red Hills across Glen Sligachan... mountains on Skye Skye Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills... . |
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| Loch Druidibeag | South Uist | Part of the Loch Druidibeg National Nature Reserve National Nature Reserve For details of National nature reserves in the United Kingdom see:*National Nature Reserves in England*National Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland*National Nature Reserves in Scotland*National Nature Reserves in Wales... on the west coast of South Uist. |
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| Loch Fad | Gaelic: Long loch | Bute Isle of Bute Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the county of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Its resident population was 7,228 in April 2001.-Geography:... |
71 | 11.5 | Stocked with Brown Brown trout The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species.... and Rainbow Trout Rainbow trout The rainbow trout is a species of salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is a sea run rainbow trout usually returning to freshwater to spawn after 2 to 3 years at sea. In other words, rainbow trout and steelhead trout are the same species.... the loch is an SSSI. |
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| Loch Fada Loch Fada, Colonsay Loch Fada is a loch located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It extends between Kiloran and Lower Kilchattan approximately and is the largest loch on Colonsay. It is located at... |
Colonsay Colonsay Colonsay is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull and has an area of . It is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeill. Aligned on a south-west to north-east axis, it measures in length and reaches at its widest... |
Colonsay's largest loch | ||||
| Loch Fada Gobha | Lewis Lewis Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is .... |
14 | This loch, which lies between Lochs Treabhal and Langavat, is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long. | |||
| Loch Finlaggan | Loch of the white hollow | Islay Islay -Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far... |
Eilean Mor was an administration centre of the Lordship of the Isles Lord of the Isles The designation Lord of the Isles is today a title of Scottish nobility with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland. It emerged from a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of... during the 13th—15th centuries. The English name is derived from Gaelic, but the Gaelic name itself is Port an Eilein and means "island port". |
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| Loch Frisa | Mull | 430 | 62.5 | Mull's largest loch | ||
| Loch of Girlsta | Mainland Shetland | 20 | ||||
| Loch Gorm | Blue loch | Islay | Contains Loch Gorm Castle Loch Gorm Castle Loch Gorm Castle is a ruined castle located on the isle of Eilean Mór on Loch Gorm, Islay, Scotland. It was once a stronghold of Clan Macdonald.... , once a stronghold of Clan Macdonald. |
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| Loch of Harray | Norse: Loch of the mound | Mainland Orkney | 971 | 4 | Closely linked to the Heart of Neolithic Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney Heart of Neolithic Orkney refers to a group of Neolithic monuments found on the Mainland, one of the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name was adopted by UNESCO when it proclaimed these sites as a World Heritage Site in 1999.... World Heritage site. |
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| Heldale Water | Hoy Hoy Hoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland. With an area of it is the second largest in the archipelago after the Mainland. It is connected by a causeway called The Ayre to South Walls... |
One of the largest bodies of freshwater in Orkney not on the Mainland | ||||
| Loch Langavat Loch Langavat Loch Langavat is the name of four freshwater lochs on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name is a Gaelic rendition of Old Norse lang "long" and vatn, meaning "lake", which translates as "long lake."... |
Gaelic/Norse: Long lake | Lewis | 906.5 | 30 | This loch lies at 33 metres (108.3 ft) above sea level, is over 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and is at the head of the Grimersta system. | |
| Loch Langavat | Gaelic/Norse: Long lake | Harris | ||||
| Loch Leathan | Skye | This loch to the east of Portree Portree Portree is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses.... , which includes Loch Fada, is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long. |
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| Loch Mòr | Gaelic: Big loch | Boreray Boreray, North Uist Boreray is an island, with a single crofter, lying north of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.The island is dominated by Loch Mòr .-History:... |
A shallow loch that make up about an eighth of the area of the island | |||
| Muckle Water | Scots: Big lake | Rousay Rousay Rousay is a small, hilly island about north of Orkney's Mainland, off the north coast of Scotland, and has been nicknamed "the Egypt of the north", due to its tremendous archaeological diversity and importance.... |
One of the largest bodies of freshwater in Orkney not on the Mainland | |||
| Loch nan Cinneachan | Gaelic: Loch of the "heathen" or "gentiles". | Coll Coll Coll is a small island, west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breachacha Castle.-Geography and geology:... |
Contains the crannog Dùn Anlaimh Dùn Anlaimh Dùn Anlaimh, also known as Dùn Amhlaidh, and Eilean nan Cinneachan, is a crannog , located within Loch nan Cinneachan on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. Upon the crannog there are the remains of walls and several buildings... |
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| Loch Olabhat | Benbecula Benbecula Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,249, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western... |
One of Benbecula's larger lochs, it contains numerous islands. | ||||
| Loch Orasaigh | Gaelic: Tidal island loch? | Lewis | Contains Rainish Eilean Mòr (see above). | |||
| Loch Righ Mòr | Gaelic: Great loch of the king | Jura Jura, Scotland Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, situated adjacent and to the north-east of Islay. Part of the island is designated as a National Scenic Area. Until the twentieth century Jura was dominated - and most of it was eventually owned - by the Campbell clan of Inveraray Castle on Loch... |
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| Loch Sgadabhagh Loch Sgadabhagh Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a water body on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure... |
Norse: Possibly Loch of tax bay | North Uist North Uist North Uist is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.-Geography:North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island and the thirteenth largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has an area of , slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula... |
453 | 15 | According to Murray and Pullar (1910) "there is probably no other loch in Britain which approaches Loch Scadavay in irregularity and complexity of outline." | |
| Loch an Sgoltaire Loch an Sgoltaire Loch an Sgoltaire is a loch located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It is located at , northwest of Kiloran.On one of the islands in the loch is a ruined castle similar to Loch Gorm Castle, Islay.-Citations:... |
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| Loch Spiggie Lochs of Spiggie and Brow The Lochs of Spiggie and Brow are located west of Boddam on the southern peninsula of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland.They are designated as a Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes.The Loch of Spiggie is an RSPB Nature reserve.... |
Shetland | 86 | 12.5 | Part of an RSPB Nature reserve Nature reserve A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research... , the surface is only just over a metre above sea level. |
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| Loch of Stenness Loch of Stenness The Loch of Stenness together with the Loch of Harray are the two largest freshwater lochs of Mainland, Orkney. In Old Norse their names are Steinnesvatn and Heraðvatn... |
Norse: Loch of the headland of the stone | Mainland Orkney | 647 | 5 | The largest brackish lagoon in the UK, the Stones of Stenness Stones of Stenness The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site... are on the south east shore. |
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| Loch of St Tredwell | Loch of St Tredwell | Papa Westray Papa Westray Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a population of 65 at the time of the 2001 Census, now increased to 70 people... |
<10 | Named after St Triduana, the loch's waters were traditionally believed to be medicinal. | ||
| Loch Suaineabhal | Lewis | 66.7 | This glaciated loch basin has a mean depth of 33 metres (108.3 ft) and is the most voluminous in Lewis. | |||
| Loch of Swannay | Orkney | 244 | 5 | Located in the north west of Mainland Orkney there are numerous stony shoals in the loch. | ||
| Loch of Tankerness | Norse: Possibly Loch of Tannskári's point. | Mainland Orkney | 60 | 2 | North east of Kirkwall Kirkwall Kirkwall is the biggest town and capital of Orkney, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty... , the loch's mean depth is only 1.4 metres (4.6 ft). |
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| Loch Tanna | Arran Isle of Arran Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058... |
Arran's largest loch is 321 metres above sea level. | ||||
| Loch of Tingwall | Norse: Loch of the field of the parliament | Mainland Shetland | 43 | 12 | West of Lerwick Lerwick Lerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland... |
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| Loch Trealabhal | Lewis | 157 | 10.5 | Another shallow Hebridean loch with a complex shape. | ||
| Loch of Watlee | Norse: | Unst |
Historic lochs
- In Edinburgh -
- GogarlochGogarlochGogarloch is a residential area within South Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies near South Gyle railway station and South Gyle Broadway, 4½ miles west of the city centre. Corstorphine and Wester Broom are nearby....
- drained - Nor LochNor LochThe Nor Loch, also known as the Nor' Loch and the North Loch, was a loch formerly in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the area now occupied by Princes Street Gardens, which lies between the Royal Mile and Princes Street.- Geological formation :...
— now filled in - The MeadowsThe Meadows (park)The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the south of the city centre. Largely consisting of wide open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, the park also has a children's playground, a croquet club, tennis courts and cricket pitches...
- former Burghloch
- Gogarloch
- In Ayrshire -
- Fail LochFail LochFail Loch was situated in a low lying area near the old monastery of Fail in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Lochlea Loch lies nearby and its waters still feed into Fail Loch via the Mill Burn.-History:...
- drained in the late 1840s. - Loch BrandLoch BrandLoch Brand or Loch of Boghall was situated in a depression between the Grange Estate, Crummock, Hill of Beith Castle site and Boghall in the Parish of Beith, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was fed by the Grange Burn and surface runoff, such as from the old rig and furrows indicated by Roy's Maps...
- a loch of only around 2ha, drained in 1780 and found to contain a crannog. - Loch BrownLoch BrownLoch Brown, also known in Scots as Loch Broun or Broon, was situated in a kettle hole in the mid-Ayrshire clayland near Crosshands. It is nowadays visible as a surface depression in pastureland, partially flooded, situated in a low lying area close to farms and dwellings of Skeoch, Dalsangan,...
- a loch of 60 acres near Mauchline, mostly drained in the 19th century. - Knockewart LochKnockewart LochKnockewart Loch or Loch Jargon was situated in a hollow lying area beneath Knockewart Hill in the Parish of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The old loch has become largely drained and overgrown since the late 19th century.-History:...
- also known as Jargon Loch, now drained. - Lambroughton LochLambroughton LochLambroughton Loch or Wheatrig Loch was situated in a low lying area between the farms and dwellings of Hillhead, Lambroughton, Wheatrig, Titwood and Lochridge mainly in the Parish of Dreghorn, North Ayrshire...
- a small loch near KilmaursKilmaursKilmaurs is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies on the Carmel, 21.1 miles south by west of Glasgow. Population recorded in 2001 Census, 2601- History :...
, drained in the 16th century. - Halket LochHalket LochHalket Loch , also known as Halkhead or Halketh, was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland near Lugton. It is visible as a surface depression in pastureland, sometimes partially flooded, situated in a low lying area close to farms and dwellings of East, North and Middle Halket and Craighead in the...
- also known as Hawkhead, near LugtonLugtonLugton is a small village or hamlet in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 80 people. The A736 road runs through on its way from Glasgow, to the north, to Irvine in North Ayrshire. Uplawmoor is the first settlement on this 'Lochlibo Road' to the north and Burnhouse is to the south...
, covered about 10 acres (40,000 m2) and was drained in the 1840s. - Helenton LochHelenton LochHelenton Loch was situated in a a low lying area between the farms and dwellings of Helentongate, Mains, and Burnbank in the Parish of Symington, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was natural, sitting in a hollow, a kettle hole, created by glaciation...
- now drained. - Lochlea, South AyrshireLochlea, South AyrshireLochlea was situated in a a low lying area between the farms and dwellings of Lochlea and Lochside in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was natural, sitting in a hollow created by glaciation. The loch waters ultimately drained via Fail Loch, the Mill Burn, and the Water of...
- a loch of around 19 acres near TarboltonTarboltonTarbolton is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.- Meaning of place-name :Tarbolton has been suggested as having one of three meanings:...
, which famously contained a CrannogCrannogA crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes, rivers and estuarine waters of Scotland and Ireland. Crannogs were used as dwellings over five millennia from the European Neolithic Period, to as late as the 17th/early 18th century although in Scotland,...
. It was drained by the mid-19th century. - LochspoutsMayboleMaybole is a burgh of barony and police burgh of South Ayrshire, Scotland. Pop. 4,552. It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. ...
- a small loch near Maybole, Ayrshire, with a crannog. Converted into a reservoir and drained in 2003. - Newfarm LochNewfarm LochNewfarm Loch was situated in a a low lying area between the farms of Holehouse and Newfarm in the Parish of Kilmarnock, New Farm Loch, East Ayrshire. The loch was mostly artificial, having been developed as a curling pond, fed by the Hillhouse Burn through seasonal flooding...
- a large curling pond, drained in the 20th century. - Trindlemoss LochTrindlemoss LochTrindlemoss Loch, Scotts Loch or the Loch of Irvine was situated in a a low lying area running from Ravenspark to near Stanecastle and down to Lockwards, now represented only by the playing fields off Bank Street in the Parish of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was natural, sitting in a...
- a drained loch also known as Scott's Loch.
- Fail 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 LineLoch LineThe Loch Line of Glasgow was a group of ill-fated colonial clippers that belonged to Messrs William Aitken and James Lilburn. Together, they operated a line of sailing ships between the United Kingdom and Australia between 1867 and 1911.-History:...
(shipping line) - List of rivers in Scotland
- Waterfalls of ScotlandWaterfalls of ScotlandMuch of Scotland is mountainous, western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.-Names of falls:...
- List of lakes and lochs in the United Kingdom
- List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom