Black Water
Black Water is a stream in Highland Council, Scotland. Black Water is situated nearby to the locality Claggan, as well as near Acharn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kinlochaline Castle and Loch Doire nam Mart.
Kinlochaline Castle
Castle
Photo: L J Cunningham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinlochaline Castle is a 15th-century Scottish tower house on the Ardtornish estate in Morvern in the Highland council area. It is also known as Caisteal an Ime because a Lady of Clan MacInnes, Dubh Chal, is said to have paid the builder with butter equal to the volume of the castle. Kinlochaline Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Black Water.
Loch Doire nam Mart
Lake
Photo: David Fiddes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Doire nam Mart, also known as Loch Durinemart or Loch Durinemast, is a small, lowland, freshwater loch on the Ardtornish Estate on the Morvern peninsula in the Scottish Highlands. Loch Doire nam Mart is situated 2½ miles west of Black Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochaline.
Lochaline
Village
Photo: JMiall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lochaline is the main village in the Morvern area of Highland, Scotland. Historian ‘Philip Gaskell’ records that, at the time of the Highland Clearances, in about 1830, John Sinclair of Lochaline founded Lochaline village. Lochaline is situated 4½ miles south of Black Water.
Black Water
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.6° or 56° 36′ northLongitude
-5.75° or 5° 45′ westElevation
679 feet (207 metres)Open location code
9C8PH7X2+X2GeoNames ID
2655432
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