Loch Langavat

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Loch Langavat ({{langx|gd|Langabhat}}) is the name of several freshwater lochs in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name is a Gaelic rendition of Old Norse lang{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf |title=Placenames |author=Iain Mac an Tàilleir |publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba |accessdate=23 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926234316/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf |archivedate=26 September 2011 }} "long" and vatn, meaning "lake".Maxwell, Sir Herbert (1894) [https://archive.org/stream/scottishlandname00maxw/scottishlandname00maxw_djvu.txt Scottish Land-Names: Their Origin and Meaning] Archive.org. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Originally published by William Blackwood and Sons of Edinburgh.

Most of these lochs are on the island of Lewis and Harris

1. Loch Langavat ({{gbmappingsmall|NB525545}}) is a loch in the Ness district of Lewis. It lies midway between the Butt of Lewis and Tolsta Head, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Stornoway.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10736.html | title=Loch Langavat| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=14 November 2009}}
2. Loch Langabhat ({{gbmappingsmall|NB197205}}) is the biggest freshwater loch on Lewis. It is over 7 miles long and at the head of the Grimersta system, with spectacular scenery and frequent sightings of golden eagles and red deer.{{cite web| url=http://www.fishpal.com/Scotland/Hebrides/ScaliscroEstate/?dom=Hebrides| title=Scaliscro Estate| publisher=Fish Hebrides| accessdate=14 November 2009}} The loch is fished for salmon and brown trout. The loch lies at {{convert|33|m|ft}} above sea level, its total area is {{convert|906.5|ha|acre}} and its maximum depth {{convert|30|m|ft}}.Murray and Pullar (1908) [https://archive.today/20120908203808/http://www.nls.uk/maps/bathymetric/text.cfm?cid=37826 "Lochs of Lewis"] Page 213, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
3. Loch Langabhat ({{gbmappingsmall|NB217437}}) is a small loch north of Carlabhagh, Lewis.
4. Loch Langabhat ({{gbmappingsmall|NB484445}}) is a small loch northwest of Gress, Lewis.
5. Loch Langabhat ({{gbmappingsmall|NB022092}}) is a loch about 700 m long west of Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris.
6. Loch Langabhat ({{gbmappingsmall|NG044897}}) in central Harris is in a steep-sided valley and more than {{convert|4|km|mi}} long.

There is another Loch Langabhat on Benbecula at {{gbmappingsmall|NF827490}}, which is over {{convert|4|km|mi}} long.

According to Sinclair (1890), John Macaulay, known as Iain Ruadh MacDhughaill, "was celebrated as a hunter. He was drowned in Loch Langabhat whilst swimming to an Island in the middle of that lake, an t-Eilaln Dubh. A large stone marks the spot on which his body was laid after it was taken out of the water. His bereaved mother used to visit this spot on almost every Wednesday of the year. He was born about the year 1600."Sinclair, Alexander Maclean (1890) [https://archive.org/stream/gaelicbardsfrom100sinc/gaelicbardsfrom100sinc_djvu.txt "LE A MHATHAIR"] Archive.org. Retrieved 20 December 2009. It is not clear which of the Loch Langavats this incident refers to.