Loch Laidon
Loch Laidon or Loch Lydoch or Loch Luydan is a long, thin freshwater loch of 1,200 acres on Rannoch Moor, lying across the border of Argyllshire and Perthshire. It is five and a half miles long and half a mile wide, in a south-west to north-east orientation: its outlets at the south-west form the loch into the shape of a walkingstick with two supports,[1][2] The largest of the western arms is a mile and a half in length.
The loch is fed by the River Bà emerging from Loch Bà and from its foot the waters flow out as the Garbh Ghaoir. Its average depth is 35 feet, but it reaches a maximoum depth of 128 feet.[1]
A new species or sub-species of brown trout was discovered in Loch Laidon in late 2018.[3]
Location
- Location map: 56°39’18"N, 4°38’30"W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John, Murray; Lawrence, Pullar (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II - Loch Laidon. National Library of Scotland: National Challenger Officer. p. 63. https://maps.nls.uk/bathymetric/text/page/906. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ Loch Laidon: British Lakes
- ↑ "'New' type of brown trout found in species-rich loch". BBC News. 1 December 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46411233.