- TITLE
- Loch Maree
- EXTERNAL ID
- PC_JACKWATSON_022
- PLACENAME
- Loch Maree
- DISTRICT
- Gairloch
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ROSS: Gairloch
- PERIOD
- 2000s
- CREATOR
- Jack Watson
- SOURCE
- Jack Watson
- ASSET ID
- 28817
- KEYWORDS
- Loch Maree
Wester Ross
loch
Mu-ruibhe
Maol Rubha
Slioch
Beinn Eighe
chapel
Isle Maree

A photograph containing a black and white view up Loch Maree, in Wester Ross. Measuring 20 km in length and with a maximum width of 4 km, it is Scotlands fourth largest fresh-water loch. Its name is a translation of the Gaelic, Loch Ma-ruibhe, after the Irish Saint Maol Rubha, who founded the monastery at Applecross in 672. The ruins of a chapel and graveyard on Isle Maree are believed to have been the saint's hermitage for a number of years.
Loch Maree is nestled amongst some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery and is bordered on its north shore by Slioch, and Beinn Eighe to the south.