Loch Arienas
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 long and 1.21 km wide, and is at an altitude of 12 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows east to River Aline
- Also known as: “Loch Aricuas”
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.
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 northwest of Loch Arienas.
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 3½ miles south of Loch Arienas.
Loch Arienas
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Arienas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Arienas”
- Swedish: “Loch Arienas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Claggan and Acharn.
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Highlights include Tom na Dubh Ghlaic and Beinn Bhan.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loch Arienas”. Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.