Loch Crinan is a seawater
loch
''Loch'' ( ) is a word meaning "lake" or "inlet, sea inlet" in Scottish Gaelic, Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English. In Irish contexts, it often appears in the anglicized form "lough". A small loch is sometimes calle ...
on the West of
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
, leading into the
Sound of Jura and being the western end of the
Crinan Canal. The village of
Crinan is at the entrance to the canal at the eastern end of the loch.
Duntrune Castle stands on the northern shore. The
River Add goes into it by the hamlet of Bellanoch.
It contains the islets of An-unalin, Black Rock,
Eilean dà Mhèinn, Eilean Glas, and Eilean nan Coinean.
References
Crinan
Crinan
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