Loch Tollaidh
| Loch Tollaidh | |
|---|---|
 Loch Tollaidh from the A832 road | |
  Loch Tollaidh | |
| Location | Scottish Highlands |
| Coordinates | 57°44′40.3″N 5°37′44.1″W / 57.744528°N 5.628917°W |
| Primary outflows | Tollie Burn |
| Basin countries | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Max. length | 1.42 km (0.88 mi) |
| Max. width | 803 m (2,635 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Islands | 4 |
Loch Tollaidh is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, Scotland, roughly 2.3km southwest of the village of Poolewe. It sits beside the A832 road in a large expanse of moorland.
The loch's name derives from the Scottish Gaelic toll, meaning "hole" or "hollow" i.e. "Loch of the Hollow".[1]
Loch Tollaidh sits on a bedrock of Lewisian gneiss, and has several excellent bouldering crags on its southern shore.[2][3]
Several small islands sit within the loch, the largest of which is believed to have been a crannog. Several texts from the early 20th century describe a later stone "castle" occupying the site, in the hands of Clans MacBeth and then MacLeod before its abandonment in 1480. Underwater remains show evidence of stone causeways.[4]
A small commercial Atlantic salmon farm operated on the loch from the late 1980s[5] until it's removal in the late 2010s.
References
[edit]- ^ midasiak (2019-11-07). "The Gaelic origins of place names in Britain". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Loch Tollaidh Crags". www.ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ gofurther. "Loch Tollaidh Crags | Go Further Scotland". Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "MHG7729 - Crannog, Loch Tollaidh - Highland Historic Environment Record". her.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Scottish Aquaculture fishfarm list". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
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