Lochindorb

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| caption = Lochindorb Castle can only be reached by boat

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Lochindorb (from the {{langx|gd|Loch nan Doirb}} meaning "loch of the minnows"){{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 |format=pdf |accessdate=23 July 2010 |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 }} is a freshwater loch north of Grantown on Spey in the Highland council area of Scotland. In the loch there is an island, which is now thought to have been artificially created, and on that island are the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, a former stronghold of the Clan Comyn. King Edward I of England stayed in the castle during his 1303 campaign against the Scots. The loch is a popular spot with fishers, and also with birdwatchers, who come to see the local black-throated divers and greylag geese. At the southeast edge of the loch there is a small patch of coniferous forest.

File:Badenoch Castle.jpg, stronghold of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan.]]

On 1 November 1573, Agnes Keith wrote to the laird of Kilravock asking him take order with tenants who were cutting down the woods of Lochindorb without permission.Hugh Rose, A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock (Edinburgh: Constable, 1848), pp. 263–264.

Wildlife

Lochindorb is home to an array of wildlife and is a popular fishing and birdwatching spot. The loch was traditionally a game loch. It used to have a large native population of brown trout, but their numbers have dramatically decreased. Introduced pike have been recorded there in recent years.

References

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Category:Lochs of Highland (council area)

Category:Castles in Highland (council area)

Category:Freshwater lochs of Scotland

LLochindorb

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