Loch Avich
Loch of Avich is a large freshwater loch three and a half miles long in the heart of Argyllshire, which lies about a mile west of Loch Awe. It is the biggest loch in the Etive basin after Loch Awe. Like the latter, it stretches east-north-east to west-south-west and is narrowly triangular in shape.
The River Avich flows out from the foot of the loch and tumbles over the spectacular Avich Falls.
At the south-west end of the loch is the islet Innis Luana on which stands the ruins of an ancient castle named Caisteal na Nighinn Ruaidhe ('Castle of the Red Haired Maiden').[1] The castle may have been the original seat of Clan Campbell.[2] Near the north shore on the islet of Eilean Fraoch is the remains of a crannog.[3]
Survey
The loch's average depth is 98½ feet and its maximum depth 188 feet. It was surveyed on 26 and 27 May 1903 by Sir John Murray, T.N. Johnston, R.B. Young, R.C. Marshall and E.M. Wedderburn and later charted[4] as part of Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909
Location
- Location map: 56°16’40"N, 5°20’8"W
References
- ↑ CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Caisteal Na Nighinn Ruaidhe, Loch Avich
- ↑ Way, George and Squire, Romily: 'Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia' (1994) pp. 90 - 92
- ↑ CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Eilean Fraoch, Loch Avich
- ↑ "Loch Awe (upper section) including Lochs Avich & Ederline (Vol. 6, Plate 122... - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400556.