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Upper Falls of Acharn. Acharn (Scottish Gaelic: Àth a' Chàirn meaning 'Field of the Cairn[s]') is a hamlet in the Kenmore parish of the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross. It is situated on the south shore of Loch Tay close to its eastern end. [1] The hamlet was built in the early 19th century to house workers from the surrounding ...
The watershed of Loch Tay traditionally formed the historic province of Breadalbane. It is a long, narrow loch about 14.55 miles (23.42 km) long, and typically around 1 to 1.5 miles (1.6 to 2.4 km) wide, following the line of the strath from the south-west to north-east.
The journey of 15 miles (24 km) from one end of the loch to another took around 1½ hours. In 1893 the Loch Tay Steamboat Company became a joint-stock company with a capital of £8,000 (equivalent to £1,120,800 in 2023) [3] in £10 shares. [4] The Marquis of Breadalbane maintained control as a director.
Taymouth is bordered on two sides by mountain ranges, by Loch Tay on the third and by the confluence of the rivers Lyon and Tay on the fourth. [ 2 ] Taymouth Castle stands on the site of the much older Balloch Castle, which was built in 1552, as the seat of the Campbell clan.
Across the road from the former school building lies the remains of Fearnan Pier, one of five intermediate piers served from 1882 [2] to 1939 by the Loch Tay Steamboat Company later Caledonian (LMS) Railway's steamers plying from Killin to Kenmore and back. One novel feature at Fearnan was the collie dog belonging to the postmaster.
The water in Loch Ness is nearly double that of all the lakes of England and Wales combined, and is by volume the largest lake in the UK and Ireland. [21] [22] Loch Lomond 27.5 sq mi (71 km 2) Loch Ness 22.0 sq mi (57 km 2) Loch Awe 15.0 sq mi (39 km 2) Loch Maree 11.0 sq mi (28 km 2) Loch Morar 10.3 sq mi (27 km 2) Loch Tay 10.2 sq mi (26 km 2)
Ardtalnaig (/ ˌ ɑːr d ˈ t æ l n ɪ ɡ /; Àird Talanaig) is a hamlet on the south shore of Loch Tay in Perth and Kinross in Scotland. It is approximately 6 miles (10 km) from Kenmore in whose parish it lies. [1] 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west is the former gold and copper mine at Tomnadashan. [2]
A reconstructed crannog near Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, on Loch Tay, Scotland. A crannog [1] [2] [3] (/ ˈ k r æ n ə ɡ /; Irish: crannóg [ˈkɾˠan̪ˠoːɡ]; Scottish Gaelic: crannag [ˈkʰɾan̪ˠak]) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes, bogs and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.