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AWE, LOCH

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AWE, See also:LOCH , the longest See also:freshwater See also:lake in See also:Scotland, situated in See also:mid-See also:Argyllshire, 116 ft. above the See also:sea, with an See also:area of nearly 16 sq. m. It has a N.E. to S.W. direction and is fully 23 M. See also:long from Kilchurn See also:Castle to See also:Ford, its breadth varying from a of a mile to 3 M. at its upper end, where it takes the shape of a See also:crescent, one See also:arm of which runs towards Glen Orchy, the other to the point where the See also:river Awe leaves the lake. The two ends of the loch are wholly dissimilar in See also:character, the scenery of the upper extremity being majestic, while that of the See also:lower See also:half is See also:pastoral and tame. Of its numerous islands the best-known is Inishail, containing ruins of a See also:church and See also:convent, which was suppressed at the See also:Reformation. At the extreme See also:north-eastern end of the lake, on an islet which, when the See also:water is See also:low, becomes See also:part of the mainland, stand the imposing ruins of Kilchurn Castle. Its romantic surroundings have made this castle a favourite subject of the landscape painter. Dalmally, about 2 M. from the loch, is one of the pleasantest villages in the High-lands and has a See also:great See also:vogue in midsummer. The river Awe, issuing from the north-western See also:horn of the loch, affords excellent See also:trout and See also:salmon fishing.

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