Loch Moy

Loch in Scottish Highlands, Scotland
57°23′01″N 4°02′13″W / 57.3836°N 4.0369°W / 57.3836; -4.0369Typeloch

Loch Moy (from the Scottish Gaelic Loch A'Mhoigh meaning the Loch of the Plain) is a freshwater loch beside the village of Moy near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

History

There is an island on the loch called the Isle of Moy and on this island are the ruins of Moy Castle that was seat of the Chiefs of Clan Mackintosh from the 14th century to about 1700. According to the Old Statistical Account of Scotland there were the ruins of a house with four fire rooms and that above the gate an inscription stated that it had been built in 1665 by Lachlan Mackintosh, 20th chief of Clan Mackintosh.[1] In about 1700, the Mackintoshes built a new seat in-land called Moy Hall.[2]

References

  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Isle of Moy (14136)". Canmore. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Moy Hall". ambaile.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

External links

  • Historic Environment Scotland. "Isle Of Moy, Obelisk (229016)". Canmore.
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Catchment of the River Findhorn, Scotland
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  • Findhorn Bay, then the Moray Firth
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  1. River Tay 185 km (115 mi)
  2. River Spey 169 km (105 mi)
  3. River Clyde 168 km (104 mi)
  4. River Tweed 162 km (101 mi)
  5. River Dee 143 km (89 mi)
  6. River Forth 136 km (85 mi)
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  8. River Ness 109 km (68 mi)
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  10. River Nith 101 km (63 mi)
  11. River Deveron 100 km (62 mi)