Loch Magharaidh

Loch Magharaidh
Loch Magharaidh from its west shore
Loch Magharaidh
Location	Scottish Highlands
Coordinates	57°45′24″N4°36′12.7″W / 57.75667°N 4.603528°W / 57.75667; -4.603528
Primary outflows	Allt a' Mhagharaidh
Basin  countries	Scotland, United Kingdom
Max. length	742.5 m (2,436 ft)
Max. width	809.44 m (2,655.6 ft)
Surface elevation	564 m (1,850 ft)

Loch Magharaidh is a remote mountain loch in Easter Ross, roughly 6.6km northwest of Ben Wyvis. It sits in a shallow corrie, flanked by Sgor a' Chaorainn to its north and Beinn nan Eun to its south. The landscape surrounding the loch is an expansive peat bog, sat on a bed of pelite ^[1] .

Its name is Scottish Gaelic, possibly derived from the elements magh (meaning "field") and àirigh (meaning "shieling") or gàrradh (meaning "dyke" or "enclosure") ^[2] .

Loch Magharaidh's only outflow, which takes its name, flows into the Abhainn na Glasa (River Glasa), which in turn flows into Loch Morie, the source of the River Averon.

References

1. "Digimap Discovery Service". digimap.edina.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
2. midasiak (7 November 2019). "The Gaelic origins of place names in Britain". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 20 March 2025.