Loch Salachaidh

Loch Salachaidh is a remote mountain loch in Sutherland, Scotland, situated 1.7km east of Rogart. It sits in a bed of psammite, surrounded by peat bogs and diamicton.^[1]

Loch Salachaidh
Loch Salachaidh, from the forestry track on its western shore
Loch Salachaidh
Location	Scottish Highlands
Coordinates	58°00′18.7″N 4°05′58.7″W
Primary outflows	Allt Loch an t-Salachaidh
Basin countries	Scotland, United Kingdom
Max. length	977 m (3,205 ft)
Max. width	235 m (771 ft)
Surface elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Islands	1

The loch's name likely derives from the Scottish Gaelic salach, meaning "dirty" i.e. "Dirty Loch".^[2]

Loch Salachaidh was the site of a clan battle c. 1517, between the MacKays of Strathnaver and the Murrays of Abirsors, with multiple fatalities including two chieftains.^[3]

A small ruined farmstead named Kinloch ("Head of the Loch") has sat at the loch's eastern end since at least the 1870s.^[4] It is unclear when it was abandoned, although it may have been during the Sutherland Clearances.