Loch Eye
| Loch Eye | ||
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| Loch Eye from the south | ||
| Geographical location | Highland , Scotland | |
| Drain | Burn of Arboll → Dornoch Firth → North Sea | |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 47 '33 " N , 3 ° 57' 50" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 12 m ASL | |
| surface | 1.58 | |
| length | 2.4 km | |
| width | 900 m | |
| Middle deep | 1.5 m | |
Loch Eye is a lake in the Highland in northern Scotland . It is designated as both a bird sanctuary and a nature reserve.
Location and importance
Loch Eye lies in a depression between the foothills of the Highlands to the west and the Fearn Peninsula to the east, and its water level is approximately 15 meters above sea level. The Garrick Burn flows towards it from the west and a narrow canal from the south towards the village of Fearn . The drainage takes place to the east, over the Burn of Arboll into the lower area of Inver Bay , the estuary of the Fendom Burn on the south bank of the Dornoch Firth . The lake has a length of around 2.4 kilometers, a width of 900 meters and a total area of a good one and a half square kilometers. With an average depth between one and two meters, it is considered relatively shallow for its size.
The boundary between two parishes runs right through Loch Eye: the larger southern part is Hill of Fearn , the smaller northern part of Inver . Nearby places are Hill of Fearn, one and a half kilometers to the south, Inver, three kilometers to the northeast and the small town of Tain , five kilometers to the northwest. Three hundred meters on the south end of the lake over the railway line runs Far North Line , the station Fearn , it is about one kilometer.
The lake is designated as both a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Ramsar area . Loch Eye is a popular fishing spot, especially because of its trout .
Archaeological evidence
After the water level had sunk significantly in the course of a drought in 1972 , mainly round, partly also roughly rectangular structures emerged in the subsoil on both the northern and southern bank areas. With a diameter between two and five meters, they are seen as the remains of a former settlement. Some have stone access roads from higher areas. Aerial photographs suggest that their distribution marks a former bank course that fell victim to a rise in the lake's water level. It is believed that this was caused in the Middle Ages by monks from Fearn Monastery , who made it possible to operate a water mill by damming the lake . Due to the archaeological findings , large parts of the lake are designated as a Scheduled Monument .
literature
- John Murray , Frederick Pattison Pullar: Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897–1909. Available online on the Scottish National Library website , map and explanatory text .
Web links
- Information from the lake on a site for trout fishing in Ross-shire (English)
- Entry on the arcaeological finds in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- Loch Eye in the Gazetteer for Scotland (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Information about the lake on a website about trout fishing in Ross-shire, accessed on July 21, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Measurement via Google Earth
- ↑ Maps of the Community Council Areas on the Highland Council Area website, accessed July 21, 2016
- ↑ Query via the Scotland Natural Heritage map server , accessed on July 21, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .