Loch Leitir Easaidh
Loch Leitir Easaidh is a small shallow irregular shaped freshwater lochan of 47 acres the outflowing burn of which flows directly into the north-western end of Loch Assynt in Assynt, Sutherland. [1]
The loch is located in an area along with neighbouring Coigach (in Cromartyshire), as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area,[2]
Loch Leitir Easaidh sits of the eastern end of a low-lying plateau, that is heavily populated with a number of other lochs to the east, that drain into Loch Inver basin. At the northern end of the plateau is a trending fault that travels in a northwest–southeast direction, traveling through Loch Assynt, Loch Leitir Easaidh along Gleannan Salach, through Loch na Loinne to Loch Poll and the coast.
To the north and northeast sit the three peaks of the [[Quinag], that stand in a Y-shaped crest. The three Corbett summits are Sail Gorm at 2,546 feet; Sail Gharbh at 2,651 feet and Spidean Coinich at 2,507 feet.[3]
Walking and fishing
The loch is popular with both fly-fisherman and walkers and has an all-access, all-abilities walk that has been developed by the Culag Community Woodland Trust.[4][5] Two toilet blocks are provided at the loch.
The predominant species of fish found in the region were recently catalogued during a survey in November 2019.[6] The predominant species of fish are trout and char.
Location
- Location map: 58°11’23"N, 5°7’5"W
- Streetmap: NC16802657
References
- ↑ Murray, John; Pullar, Lawrence: Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909: Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II - Loch Leitir Easaidh: NLS
- ↑ "Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area". NatureScot. https://sitelink.nature.scot/site/9119.
- ↑ Kirstie Shirra (21 March 2011). Scotland's Best Small Mountains: 40 of the best small mountains in Scotland under 3000ft. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-1-84965-345-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=U3cJbpS8t_gC&pg=PA30. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Walk: Privy to a stunning sunset at Leitir Easaidh". 12 July 2017. https://www.sobt.co.uk/2017/07/walk-leitir-easaidh.html.
- ↑ "Leitir Easaidh All-Abilities path, Little Assynt". https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/leitir-easaidh.shtml.
- ↑ Marshall, Shona (November 2019). "Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership (CALLP) Scheme P03 Freshwater Lochan Survey: An inventory of the fish populations of 20 of the Coigach & Assynt lochs". West Sutherland Fisheries Trust. https://coigach-assynt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CALLP-P03-Freshwater-Lochan-Survey-FINAL-report.pdf.
- Loch Leitir Easaidh: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology