Loch Achilty
| Loch Achilty | |
|---|---|
 Loch Achilty | |
  Loch Achilty | |
| Coordinates | 57°34′22″N 4°37′18″W / 57.572700°N 4.621700°W |
| Type | freshwater loch |
| Max. length | 4,500 ft (1,400 m) |
| Max. width | 1,350 ft (410 m) |
| Surface area | 57.1 ha (141 acres)[1] |
| Average depth | 51.75 ft (15.77 m) |
| Max. depth | 119 ft (36 m) |
| Water volume | 332,000,000 cubic feet (9,400,000 m3)[2] |
| Shore length1 | 4.7 km (2.9 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Islands | Three islands. |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Loch Achilty is a large deep picturesque lowland freshwater loch set within a sloping birch and oakwood forest, located near Contin[3][2] in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. Loch Achilty is notable for having no outflow. It has been assumed that the loch discharges its surplus water via an underground tunnel into the River Rosay (now known as the Black Water[4]) that eventually flows into the larger River Conon.[5]
Geography
[edit]Loch Achilty is a small but deep loch in Torrachilty wood, three miles west of Strathpeffer, and contains char. In outline it is somewhat elliptical, with the long axis trending north-east and south-west. The floor of Loch Achilty is irregular. The 10-foot (3 m) contour follows approximately the outline of the loch, in many places approaching very close to the shore, but the deeper contours are all sinuous in character, and there are two small basins exceeding 100 feet (30 m) in depth, the larger and deeper towards the western shore, and the smaller, based on a sounding of 112 feet (34 m), near the centre of the loch.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Loch Achilty". British Lakes. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b c John, Murray; Lawrence, Pullar (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 Lochs of the Conon Basin Volume II - Loch Achilty. National Library of Scotland: National Challenger Officer. p. 275. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Loch Achilty". British Lakes. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ The Gazetteer of Scotland. Balfour and Jack, Edinburgh. 1836. p. 21.
- ^ The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland: A-H. A. Fullarton. 1853. p. 248. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
