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Loch Shiel and the Glenfinnan monument
Loch Shiel and the Glenfinnan monument

Loch Shiel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a 19.3 km2 freshwater loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of Fort William in Lochaber, Highland. It is enclosed by mountains in the north east and surrounded by bog and rough pasture in the south west, from which end the 4 km River Shiel drains to the sea in Loch Moidart near Castle Tioram.

Photo credit: Gil Cavanti