| Loch Salachaidh | |
|---|---|
 Loch Salachaidh, from the forestry track on its western shore | |
  Loch Salachaidh | |
| Location | Scottish Highlands |
| Coordinates | 58°00′18.7″N4°05′58.7″W / 58.005194°N 4.099639°W |
| Primary outflows | Allt Loch an t-Salachaidh |
| Basin countries | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Max. length | 977 m (3,205 ft) |
| Max. width | 235 m (771 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Islands | 1 |
Loch Salachaidh is a remote mountain loch in Sutherland, Scotland, situated 1.7km east of Rogart. It sits in a bed of psammite, surrounded by peat bogs and diamicton. [1]
The loch's name likely derives from the Scottish Gaelic salach, meaning "dirty" i.e. "Dirty Loch". [2]
Loch Salachaidh was the site of a clan battle c. 1517, between the MacKays of Strathnaver and the Murrays of Abirsors, with multiple fatalities including two chieftains. [3]
A small ruined farmstead named Kinloch ("Head of the Loch") has sat at the loch's eastern end since at least the 1870s. [4] It is unclear when it was abandoned, although it may have been during the Sutherland Clearances.