Loch Bruicheach
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Loch Bruicheach is a remote, mile-long tarn high on the edge of Boblainy Forest in Inverness-shire. The nearest settlement to it is Eskadale, a small hamlet just under two miles to the north, across a wide stretch of moorland.
The name of the loch may derive from an Old Gaelic word meaning "boiling" or "raging", and is shared with the loch's primary outflow, the Bruiach Burn.[1]
Archaeological evidence has shown the loch to have once contained a crannog on its north shore.[2]
In the past, Loch Bruicheach has been a fishing ground for the common greenshank, a rare bird in the area.[3]
Location
- Location map: 57°22’60"N, 4°34’0"W
References
- ↑ Taylor, Simon: 'Place-Name Survey Of The Parishes Of Kilmorack, Kiltarlity & Convinth, And Kirkhill, Inverness-Shire' (2002)
- ↑ Scholes, Ron (1985) (in en). Understanding the Countryside. Moorland. ISBN 978-0-86190-077-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=UuwgAAAAMAAJ&q=loch+bruicheach.
- ↑ Nethersole-Thompson, Desmond; Nethersole-Thompson, Maimie (2010-11-30) (in en). Greenshanks. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-3735-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=_jJliU2tVNwC&q=loch+bruicheach&pg=PA196.