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Loch Awe (Gaelic: Loch Obha) is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe, or Lochawe.
It is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with a surface area of 38.5 square kilometres.
It measures 35 kilometres from end to end with an average width of 1 kilometre.
The loch runs approximately south-west to north-east, roughly parallel to the two sea lochs of Loch Etive and Loch Fyne. Via the River Awe and Loch Etive it drains westward from its northern end and thus into the Atlantic Ocean.
Loch Awe is the site of two hydroelectric projects. The first one is a conventional turbine power station, with water extracted from the River Awe at a barrage, fed through underground pipes, and generating electricity as it flows into Loch Etive.
The second one is a more unusual pumped storage project, using a man-made loch created in the mountain of Ben Cruachan towering over Loch Awe. Water is pumped up during times of surplus power, and used to power generators at times of peak demand.
Loch Awe is renowned for its trout fishing. Salmon pass through the loch, coming past the barrage in the River Awe and continuing into the River Orchy. Loch Awe contains several ruined castles on islands, and at the northern end has one of the most photographed castles in Scotland, Kilchurn Castle, which in summer may be visited by a short boat trip or by a half mile walk from a small car park just after the bridge over the River Orchy. It was from Loch Awe and surrounding area that Clan Campbell established itself as a powerful family.
The photograph was taken from the A819 on the north-east bank of Loch Awe, approximately half-way between Ardbrecknish and the T-intersection with the A85 leading to Oban. |
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