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Loch Neaty

Coordinates: 57°23′39″N 4°36′32″W / 57.39417°N 4.60889°W / 57.39417; -4.60889
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Loch Neaty
Loch Neaty from its western shore
Loch Neaty is located in Inverness area
Loch Neaty
Loch Neaty
LocationScottish Highlands
Coordinates57°23′39″N 4°36′32″W / 57.39417°N 4.60889°W / 57.39417; -4.60889
Primary inflowsLoch Garbh Iolachan
Primary outflowsAllt Garbh
Basin countriesScotland, United Kingdom
Max. length939.5 m (3,082 ft)
Max. width417.30 m (1,369.1 ft)
Surface elevation256 m (840 ft)

Loch Neaty is a remote mountain loch in Inverness-shire, Scotland, just 900m west of the much larger Loch Bruicheach.

The loch's name is of uncertain origin. It may be a corruption of the Old Norse naut, meaning "cattle" i.e. "Loch of the Cow", or of the Scottish Gaelic neimhidh, meaning nemeton.[1] "Neaty" is also the name of the hill on the loch's northern shore, Leachd Neaty.

Loch Neaty sits among glacial drift, over a bedrock of psammite. A small sluice dam guards the primary outflow on its northeast shore.[2]

A 1997 archaeological survey noted a small shieling just south of the loch, beside one of its smaller tributaries.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Simon (2002). "PLACE-NAME SURVEY OF THE PARISHES OF KILMORACK, KILTARLITY & CONVINTH, AND KIRKHILL, INVERNESS-SHIRE" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Digimap Discovery Service". digimap.edina.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  3. ^ "Loch Neaty | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-24.