Dubh Loch

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Douloch or Dubh Loch, a lake in Inverary parish, Argyllshire, at the foot of Glen Shira, 2 miles NE of Inverary town. An expansion of the Shira rivulet, measuring ¾ mile by 1½ furlong, it lies only 25 feet above the level of Loch Fyne, extends to within 5 furlongs of the Shira's mouth, and in spring-tides receives some small portion of Loch Fyne's sea-water. It yields trout and salmon, sometimes in the same net with herrings and other sea fish; and takes the name of Douloch, signifying ` the black lake,' from the sombreness and depth of its waters. A baronial fortalice of the Lairds of Macnaughton stood on its southern shore, and is now a ruin.—Ord. Sur., sh. 37,1876.

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