LOCH

See also:

• LOCH ERICHT

ERICHT  , a lake partly in Inverness-shire and partly in Perthshire, Scotland, lying between the districts of Badenoch on the N. and Rannoch on the S . The boundary line is drawn from a point opposite to the mouth of the Alder, and follows the centre of the longitudinal axis north-eastwards to 56° 50' N., where it strikes eastwards to the shore . All of the lake to the S. and E. of this line belongs to Perthshire, the rest, forming the major portion, to Inverness-shire . It is a lonely lake, situated in extremely wild surroundings at a height of 1153 ft. above the sea, being thus the loftiest lake of large size in the United Kingdom . It is over 14z M. long, with a mean breadth of half a mile and over 1 m. at its maximum . Its area amounts to some 71 sq. m., and it receives the drainage of an area of nearly 50 sq. m . The mean depth is 189 ft., and the maximum 512 ft . It has a general trend from N.E. to S.W., the head lying 1 m. from Dalwhinnie station on the Highland railway . It receives many streams, and discharges at the south-western extremity by the Ericht . Salmon and trout afford good fishing . The surrounding mountains are lofty and rugged . Ben Alder (3757 ft.) on the west shore is the chief feature of the great Corrour -ERIDANUS deer forest .

The onlypoint of

interest on the banks is the cavern, near the mouth of the Alder, in which Prince Charles Edward concealed himself for a time after the battle of Culloden .