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Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Obha; also sometimes anglicised as Lochawe, Lochaw, or Lochow) is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. 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.
Kilchurn Castle (/ k əl ˈ x ʊər n /) [1] is a ruined structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It was first constructed in the mid-15th century as the base of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who extended both the castle and their territory in the area over the next 150 years.
Loch Awe. This table includes the twelve largest lochs by volume, area and length as listed by Murray and Pullar (1910). [2] [3] The volume of water in Loch Ness is nearly double that in all the lakes of England and Wales combined. [1]
Loch Awe (1 C, 5 P) Loch Lomond (2 C, 31 P) R. Reservoirs in Argyll and Bute (32 P) Pages in category "Lochs of Argyll and Bute" The following 47 pages are in this ...
Construction of the tailrace into Loch Awe was particularly difficult, due to the steep slope of the banks of the loch, and the fact that the rock was covered with gravel and boulders. The outfall works were quite extensive, due in part to the need for them to include fine mesh filters, to prevent salmon smolts from entering the tunnel. [22]
The River Awe (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Abha) is a short river in Argyll and Bute, Southwest Highlands of Scotland by which the freshwater Loch Awe empties into Loch Etive, a sea loch. The river flows from a barrage which stretches across the end of a deep arm of the loch which protrudes northwestward through the Pass of Brander from the ...
Ford (Scottish Gaelic: Àth na Crà) is a small village at the southern end of Loch Awe in Argyll, Scotland. The village originated as a stopping point on the drove route to Inveraray. [1] The Ford Hotel dates back to 1864, and was probably erected on the site of the old change house. Today it is a guest house and is a listed building. [2] [3]
Fraoch Eilean/Ejlean is a small island situated at the northern end of Loch Awe, a freshwater lake in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It is notable for being the site of a medieval royal castle, now ruined, which was given into the keeping of Clan Macnaghten by Alexander III in 1267.