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Loch a' Ghille Ghobaich (Loch of the Meddlesome or Gossiping Ghillie) is a large irregular shaped freshwater hill loch, [2] situated on a north-south orientation, that lies about a half-mile north of the west-end of Loch Morar and is south-by-southeast of Mallaig in the Lochaber district of Scotland. [1]
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.
This loch lies at 33 metres (108 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 Gaelic: Broad Loch Skye This loch to the east of Portree, which includes Loch Fada, is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long. Loch Mealt: Skye
Gillie or ghillie is an ancient Gaelic term for a person who acts as a servant or attendant on a fishing, hunting, deer stalking or hawking expedition, primarily in the Scottish Highlands or on a river such as the River Spey. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on behalf of his male employer or guests.
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 ...
Loch Awe is a small loch, located 4 miles south of Loch Assynt and next to the village of Ledmore, within the Assynt area of Sutherland, Scotland. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The loch is located in an area along with neighbouring Coigach , as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area , [ 4 ] one of 40 such areas in Scotland.
Loch Morar is the deepest of the UK's lakes and Loch Awe the longest. Murray and Pullar (1910) note that the mean depth of Loch Ness is 57.4% of the maximum depth – higher than in any other large deep loch in Scotland. [2] The deepest lake in England is Wast Water which descends to 76 metres (249 ft).
Under normal conditions, compensation flow to maintain the habitat in the River Awe below the barrage passes through a compensation set, which generates additional power. To enable migrating fish to access Loch Awe, the structure includes a Borland fish pass. [19] Both stations were commissioned in 1963. [20]