Loch Dionard

Loch Dionard
View of the north of Loch Dionard and the Dionard River in 1996
Loch Dionard is located in Sutherland
Loch Dionard
Loch Dionard
LocationScotland
Coordinates58°23′57″N 4°48′52″W / 58.39917°N 4.81444°W / 58.39917; -4.81444
Primary inflowsAllt an Easain Ghill
Primary outflowsDionard River
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Surface elevation108 metres (354 ft)
SettlementsNone

Loch Dionard is a loch in Sutherland in the Highland Council Area in northern Scotland.[1][2][3] It is in the North-Western Highlands four miles south of Polla.

Etymology

The name may be from dyn-fjordr, 'noisy-firth.'[4]

History

One of the oldest available photos of Loch Dionard, 8th April 1983

The first mentions of Loch Dionard were in the late 16th or early 17th Century with the Loch being mapped and named as Dynard.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Loch Dionard · Lairg, UK". Loch Dionard · Lairg, UK. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  3. ↑ https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/loch-dionard-highland More direct link to Get Outside
  4. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/30069878 | Some Sutherland Names of Places. W. J. Watson, The Celtic Review, Vol. 2, No. 8 (Apr., 1906), pp. 360-368.
  5. ↑ "Pont maps of Scotland, ca. 1583-1614 - Modern Placenames Search - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  6. ↑ "View: [Strathnaver; Kyle of Tongue] - Pont 2 (front) - Maps by Timothy Pont". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-27.