Loch Dochart is a small freshwater
loch
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on the Lochdochart Estate in
Stirling
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,
Scottish Highlands
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. It lies approximately to the east of the town of
Crianlarich at the foot of
Ben More.
There is a small wooded island in the middle of the loch on which stands the ruins of a castle originally built by Sir Duncan Campbell between 1583 and 1631.
The loch was surveyed
on 11 May, 1902 by T.N. Johnston and James Parsons and later charted as part of
Sir John Murray's ''The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909''.
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Dochart
The River Dochart () is in Perthshire, Scotland.
Coming from Ben Lui, it flows east out of Loch Dochart and through the glen of the same name. At Killin just before it enters Loch Tay are the Falls of Dochart. The river is sometimes also cons ...
Dochart
The River Dochart () is in Perthshire, Scotland.
Coming from Ben Lui, it flows east out of Loch Dochart and through the glen of the same name. At Killin just before it enters Loch Tay are the Falls of Dochart. The river is sometimes also cons ...
LDochart