Loch Arienas

Loch Arienas
Loch Arienas, road to Rahoy
Location Morvern, Lochaber, Scotland
Coordinates 55°35′44″N 5°46′36″W / 55.595500°N 5.776600°W / 55.595500; -5.776600[1]
Type freshwater
Primary inflows Arienas Burn, Allt Àgh Choire[2]
Primary outflows Loch Doire nam Mart, River Aline[2][3]
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 3.2 km (2.0 mi)[4]
Max. width 1.21 km (0.75 mi)[4]
Surface area 170 ha (420 acres)[1]
Average depth 17.2 m (56 ft)[4]
Max. depth 35 m (115 ft)[4]
Water volume 29,300,000 m3 (1.03×109 cu ft)[4]
Shore length1 8 km (5.0 mi)[1]
Surface elevation 12 m (39 ft)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Arienas is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Ardtornish Estate on the Morvern peninsula in the Scottish Highlands. It lies in a west-northwest to east-southeast direction, is approximately 3.2 km (2.0 mi) long and 1.21 km (0.75 mi) wide, and is at an altitude of 12 m (39 ft). The northern shore of the loch is mostly regular in shape, while the southern shore is irregular. Its average depth is 17.2 m (56 ft) and its maximum depth is 35 m (115 ft). The loch was surveyed on the 18 and 19 of August 1904 by John Hewitt as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.[4][1][5]

The loch holds native wild brown trout and permits are required to fish the loch.[6]

In the wood on the northern shore of the loch are the remains of charcoal burners’ huts and charcoal platforms. There is also a stone dyke dating from approximately 1780, which may have been used to enclose the wood to protect it from grazing animals.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Loch Arienas". British Lakes. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. 1 2 "Ordnance Survey one-inch Scotland, 1885-1900". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. ↑ "River Aline". Lochaber Fisheries Trust. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lochs of the Aline Basin". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  5. ↑ "Lochs Arienas & Doire nam Mart; Loch Tearnait (Vol. 5, Plate 25)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Loch Fishing". Ardtornish Estate. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  7. ↑ "Rahoy Hill wildlife reserve" (PDF). Scottish Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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