Loch Morar is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.

How do I get to Loch Morar?

The nearest railway station is Lochailort, about 7.6 km away. Its coordinates are 56.9500°, -5.6722°.

Is Loch Morar a listed building?

Loch Morar is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.

Is Loch Morar free to visit?

Yes, Loch Morar is free to enter.

How do I get to Loch Morar?

The nearest railway station is Lochailort, about 7.6 km away.

Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands

Loch Morar

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Loch Morar — freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows at its west to the River Morar.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Lochailort · 7.6 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Loch Morar, the nearest railway station is Lochailort, which is 7.6 km away. Entry to the site is free. Please note that there are no specific accessibility details provided.

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Loch Morar is a named natural landmark in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 27 km². Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wikidata describes it as: "freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows at its west to the River Morar". Coordinates: 56.9500°, -5.6722°.

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From the Wikipedia article

Loch Morar (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Mòrair) is a freshwater loch in the Rough Bounds of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth-largest loch by surface area in Scotland, at 26.7 km2 (10.3 sq mi), and the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles with a maximum depth of 310 m (1,017 ft). The loch was created by glacial action around 10,000 years ago, and has a surface elevation of 9 metres (30 ft) above sea level. It separates the traditional district of North Morar (which contains the village of Morar), from Arisaig and Moidart.

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Background

History

The island in Loch Morar known as Eilean Bàn was traditionally used by the local population as grazing for their cattle herds and was, until trees began being planted in the 19th-century, completely bare of the "dense, barely penetrable growth of timber", that covers the island today. The same island was briefly the location first of a Mass stone and then of an illegal and clandestine Catholic minor seminary founded by Bishop James Gordon, until the Jacobite rising of 1715 forced its closure and eventual reopening at Scalan in Glenlivet. Even long afterwards, Eilean Bàn remained a secret chapel and library for Bishop Gordon's successors. According to Strathglass historian Flora Forbes,…

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Coordinates: 56.9500, -5.6722
Nearest railway station: Lochailort — 7.6 km

Sources

wikidata: Q1444264 (CC0)
wikipedia: Loch Morar (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Loch Morar.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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