Doine, a lake in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, in the upper part of the Balquhidder vale, 4¼ miles W by S of Balquhidder hamlet. Lying 420 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length and breadth of 7½ and 2 furlongs; is overhung steeply to the N by Meall Monachyle (2123 feet); and by a reach of the river Balvag, 1½ furlong in length, communicates eastward with Loch Voil, from which it is separated by only a low patch of haugh, that in times of freshet is sometimes overflowed.Ord. Sur., sh. 46,1872.
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