Loyal or Laoghal, Loch, a wood-fringed lake on the mutual border of Tongue and Farr parishes, Sutherland, 5 miles SSE of Tongue village. Lying 369 feet above sea-level, it extends 43/8 miles northward, has a maximum width of 7 furlongs, contains three islets, and is overhung to the W by Ben Loyal (2504 feet), to the E by Benstomino (1728). It contains magnificent trout and salmo-ferox, is frequented by waterfowl, is fed by sixteen rivulets, and from its foot sends off the river Borgie, 10¾ miles north-north-eastward to Torrisdale Bay. See Craggie.Ord. Sur., shs. 102, 108, 1880-81.
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