Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Voil, Loch

Voil, Loch, a beautiful lake in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, 3 ¼ miles W by S of Lochearnhead station. An expansion- of the river Balvag, and lying 414 feet above sea-level, it extends 3½ miles east-north-eastward, has a maximum breadth of 3 furlongs, at its head communicates with small Loch Doine, is flanked by mountains 2156 to 2467 feet high, and contains salmon, bull-trout, and loch-trout.—Ord. Sur., sh. 46, 1872.


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

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Feature Description: "a beautiful lake"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Balquhidder ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty

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