Elchaig, a stream of Kintail parish, SW Ross-shire, formed by two head-streams - the Allt na Doire Gairbhe, flowing 5 ¼ miles south-westward from Loch Muirichinn (1480 feet); and the Allt a Ghlomaich, which, winding 3¾ miles north-north-westward from Loch a Bhealaich (1242 feet), makes, by the way, the beautiful Falls of Glomach. From their confluence, at an altitude of 290 feet, the Elchaig itself flows 6½ miles west-north-westward to the head of salt-water Loch Ling. It is a fine salmon and trout stream-Ord. Sur., sh. 72, 1880.
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