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'''Loch Fannich''' is a remote loch in [[Ross-shire]], in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Highland (council area)|highlands]]. The loch is located 12 miles west of [[Strathpeffer]]. |
'''Loch Fannich''' is a remote loch in [[Ross-shire]], in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Highland (council area)|highlands]]. The loch is located 12 miles west of [[Strathpeffer]]. |
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In the 1950s, the rising waters of the dammed loch subsumed the Cabuie Lodge (near the village of [[Achanalt]]), once home to Sir [[Arthur Bignold]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Wick Burghs]] in the early 20th century.<ref name="Addison">{{cite book|last1=Addison|first1=Henry Robert |last2=Oakes|first2=Charles Henry |last3=Lawson|first3=William John |title=Who's Who |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vDsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA136|volume=57|year=1905|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1233923|title=NH2064 : Sign for Cabuie Lodge|work=geograph.org.uk|accessdate=22 October 2010}}</ref> |
In the 1950s, the rising waters of the dammed loch subsumed the Cabuie Lodge (near the village of [[Achanalt]]), once home to Sir [[Arthur Bignold]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Wick Burghs]] in the early 20th century.<ref name="Addison">{{cite book|last1=Addison|first1=Henry Robert |last2=Oakes|first2=Charles Henry |last3=Lawson|first3=William John |title=Who's Who |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vDsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA136|volume=57|year=1905|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1233923|title=NH2064 : Sign for Cabuie Lodge|work=geograph.org.uk|accessdate=22 October 2010}}</ref> |
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Allt a Choire Mhoir from Sgurr nan Clach Geala.jpg|The Loch from above |
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Loch Fannich - geograph.org.uk - 1233848.jpg|Across the Loch |
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Revision as of 22:28, 5 February 2015
Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in the Scottish highlands. The loch is located 12 miles west of Strathpeffer.
Loch Fannich was dammed and its water level raised as part of the Conon Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board between 1946 and 1961. An underground water tunnel leading from Loch Fannich to the Grudie Bridge Power Station required blasting out a final mass of rock beneath the loch, a procedure which was referred to popularly as "Operation Bathplug".[1]
In the 1950s, the rising waters of the dammed loch subsumed the Cabuie Lodge (near the village of Achanalt), once home to Sir Arthur Bignold, MP for Wick Burghs in the early 20th century.[2][3]
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The Loch from above -
Across the Loch
57°38′58″N 4°59′59″W / 57.64944°N 4.99972°W
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