Loch Bràigh Horrisdale

Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Loch Horrisdale
The eastern shore of Loch Braigh Horrisdale
Location	Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland
Coordinates	57°40′9″N 5°41′41″W / 57.66917°N 5.69472°WCoordinates: 57°40′9″N 5°41′41″W / 57.66917°N 5.69472°W[1]
Type	freshwater loch[2]
Primary inflows	streams from Loch a' Bhealaich and Loch a' Ghobhainn[2]
Primary outflows	Badachro River[3]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)[2]
Max. width	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[2]
Surface area	38.2 ha (94 acres)[1]
Average depth	18 ft (5.5 m)[2]
Max. depth	51 ft (16 m)[2]
Water volume	62,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m^3)[2]
Shore length^1	3.7 km (3.7 km)[1]
Surface elevation	92 m (302 ft)[1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs.

An in-river hydro-electric scheme down-stream of the loch has been proposed. As a result of this, an environmental assessment of the fish and fish habitat of the loch and its outflow was commissioned. The assessment was reported in 2014.

The loch was surveyed on 6 August 1902^[2] by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted^[4] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

1. "Loch Braigh Horrisdale". British lakes. British Lakes. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
2. "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Gairloch basin". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
3. "Sheet 25 - Raasay & Applecross". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
4. "Loch an Eilein; Loch Bad a' Chrotha; Loch Braigh Horrisdale; Loch Bad an Sgalaig...". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

See also

• List of lochs in Scotland