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SHIEL, LOCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 856 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHIEL, See also:LOCH , a See also:lake near the See also:Atlantic seaboard of See also:Scotland, lying between the See also:district of Moidart in See also:Inverness-See also:shire and the districts of Ardgour and Sunart in See also:Argyllshire. The boundary See also:line between the two counties is See also:drawn lengthwise down the centre of the lake and is continued down the See also:river Shiel to the See also:sea. The loch is 172 M. See also:long and varies in width from 200 yds. to 1 m., and is only 112 ft. above the sea. The maximum See also:depth is 420 ft. with a mean depth of 812 ft. The lake has an See also:area of 4840 acres or 72 sq. m., and drains directly a See also:basin of 722 sq. m., and with an outflow from Loch Dilate, or Doilake, of 852 sq. m. Loch Dilate lies 12 m. E. of Loch Shiel, into which it flows by the Polloch. It is 12 m; long at its maximum, with a maximum depth of S5 ft., and covers an area of 142 acres. For fully three-fourths of its length Loch Shiel has a southwesterly direction, but at Eilean Fhianain (Finnan's See also:Island) it strikes towards the See also:west. It receives the Finnan and other small streams and discharges by the Shiel to the See also:salt-See also:water Loch Moidart. On the See also:north-west and See also:south-See also:east it is skirted by lofty hills (Sgor Choileam (3164), Sgor nau Coireachan (3133) and others of over 2000 ft.) ,but the See also:land at the western extremity in Ardnamurchan is See also:low-lying.

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Seems to be a few errors. It is not 172 miles or meters long -probably 17.2 miles, although it looks a bit more to me. The maximum depth should be greater than the mean (average) depth.
Loch Sheil is a Loch not a lake there is only one lake in Scotland and it's called the lake of mentieh nr Stirling. please correct your site. thanks Ross p.s. loch sheil is 17.1 miles long
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