Loch Bad an Sgalaig
Freshwater loch and reservoir in Wester Ross, Scotland
57°40′32″N 5°36′33″W / 57.67556°N 5.60917°W / 57.67556; -5.60917[3]Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5 mi (8.0 km) south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland.
The north west end of the loch, where it outflows to the Eas na Laimh stream,[4] was dammed in 1949 to power the Kerry Falls hydroelectric power station.[5]
The loch was surveyed on 30 July 1902[1] by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted[6] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Gairloch Basin". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Bad an Sgalaig, Loch". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Loch Bad an Sgalaig". British Lakes. British Lakes. 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Poll A' Chuilinn, Power Station". Canmore. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Kerry Falls Power Station". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Loch an Eilein; Loch Bad a' Chrotha; Loch Braigh Horrisdale; Loch Bad an Sgalaig..." National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2014.