Loch Buidhe (Rannoch Moor)
Loch Buidhe is a freshwater loch a third of a mile long, encompassing nearly 37 acres, on Rannoch Moor, in Argyllshire. The river is on the wandering course of the River Bà, as it enters a broad marshland extent of the moor on which is a scatter of such lochs on the river and its attendant burns, before the waters flow down into Loch Laidon.
The loch is to be found about five and a half miles north of Bridge of Orchy. It lies immediately to the south of Lochan na Stainge, and to the west of Lochan na h-Achlaise. Its name is Gaelic for yellow lake, and is given to a number of lochs across the Highlands and Hebrides.
The A82 road crosses Rannoch Moor to the west of the loch, while the West Highland Way long-distance path passes by to the west.
Location
- Streetmap: NN297483
- Location map: 56°35’42"N, 4°46’30"W
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References
- Loch Buidhe: British Lakes
- Murray, John; Pullar, Lawrence: 'Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II - Loch Buidhe' (National Challenger Officer, 1910) - NLS</ref>