Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Damph or Loch an Daimh

Damph or Loch an Daimh, a lake of Lochbroom parish, in the Coigach district of Cromartyshire, 10 miles E of Ullapool. Hill-girt, and fringed with birch woods along its south-eastern shore, it lies at an altitude of 672 feet above sea-level, is 1¾ mile long from SW to NE, and has an utmost width of 1½ furlong. It sends off a streamlet to the Oykell, and its waters are well stocked with trout.—Ord. Sur., sh. 101,1882.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a lake"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Cromarty ScoCnty
Place names: DAMPH     |     DAMPH OR LOCH AN DAIMH     |     LOCH AN DAIMH

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