Rosque, Loch, or Loch a Chroisg, a beautiful lake of Contin parish, Ross-shire, at the boundary with Gairloch parish, 1 mile W by S of Auchnasheen station on the Dingwall and Skye railway, this being 27 ¾ miles W by S of Dingwall. Lying 508 feet above sea-level, and overhung to the N by Meall a Chaoruinn (2313 feet), it extends 3 5/8 miles east-by-northward; has a maximum breadth of 3 ¼ furlongs; sends off the Bran towards the Conon; and contains some char and many fine trout.Ord. Sur., sh. 82, 1882.
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