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Loch Arienas

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Loch Arienas
Loch Arienas, road to Rahoy
Loch Arienas is located in Lochaber
Loch Arienas
Loch Arienas
LocationMorvern, Lochaber, Scotland
Coordinates56°35′44″N 5°46′39″W / 56.59569°N 5.77756°W / 56.59569; -5.77756[1]
Typefreshwater
Primary inflowsArienas Burn, Allt Àgh Choire[2]
Primary outflowsLoch Doire nam Mart, River Aline[2][3]
Basin countriesScotland
Max. length3.2 km (2.0 mi)[4]
Max. width1.21 km (0.75 mi)[4]
Surface area170 ha (420 acres)[1]
Average depth17.2 m (56 ft)[4]
Max. depth35 m (115 ft)[4]
Water volume29,300,000 m3 (1.03×109 cu ft)[4]
Shore length18 km (5.0 mi)[1]
Surface elevation12 m (39 ft)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Arienas is an extensive, 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

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