Loch Morar (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Mhòrair) is a freshwater loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth largest loch in Scotland, with a surface area of 26.7 km (10.3 sq mi). It is also the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, with a maximum depth of 1,017 ft (310 m).
Loch Morar is of glacial origin with very steep sides and a length of 19 km (12 mi). It contains five sizeable islands.
Although the only road along the loc...
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Loch Morar (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Mhòrair) is a freshwater loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth largest loch in Scotland, with a surface area of 26.7 km (10.3 sq mi). It is also the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, with a maximum depth of 1,017 ft (310 m).
Loch Morar is of glacial origin with very steep sides and a length of 19 km (12 mi). It contains five sizeable islands.
Although the only road along the loch extends no more than four miles along the north shore, both sides of the loch were inhabited along their length as late as the early twentieth century. Emigration and the introduction of sheep farming and sporting estates in place of the traditional cattle farming, however, led to the abandoment of all settlements on the south shore and of those on the north east of Bracorina. Kinlochmorar, at the head of the loch, was last inhabited around 1920 and Swordland Lodge, at the midway point on the north shore and level with the deepest part of...
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