Loch Tollaidh

Loch Tollaidh is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, Scotland, roughly 2.3 km southwest of the village of Poolewe. It sits beside the A832 road in a large expanse of moorland.

Loch Tollaidh
Loch Tollaidh from the A832 road
Loch Tollaidh
Location	Scottish Highlands
Coordinates	57°44′40.3″N 5°37′44.1″W
Primary outflows	Tollie Burn
Basin countries	Scotland, United Kingdom
Max. length	1.42 km (0.88 mi)
Max. width	803 m (2,635 ft)
Surface elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Islands	4

The loch's name derives from the Scottish Gaelic toll, meaning "hole" or "hollow" i.e. "Loch of the Hollow".^[1]

Loch Tollaidh sits on a bedrock of Lewisian gneiss, and has several excellent bouldering crags on its southern shore.^[2][3]

Several small islands sit within the loch, the largest of which is believed to have been a crannog. Several texts from the early 20th century describe a later stone "castle" occupying the site, in the hands of Clans MacBeth and then MacLeod before its abandonment in 1480. Underwater remains show evidence of stone causeways.^[4]

A small commercial Atlantic salmon farm operated on the loch from the late 1980s^[5] until its removal in the late 2010s.