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Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Loch Horrisdale
The eastern shore of Loch Braigh Horrisdale
The eastern shore of Loch Braigh Horrisdale
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is located in Highland
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Location in Highland
Location Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland
Coordinates 57°40′9″N 5°41′41″W / 57.66917°N 5.69472°W / 57.66917; -5.69472
Type freshwater loch
Primary inflows streams from Loch a' Bhealaich and Loch a' Ghobhainn
Primary outflows Badachro River
Basin countries Scotland
Max. length 0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Max. width 0.33 mi (0.53 km)
Surface area 38.2 ha (94 acres)
Average depth 18 ft (5.5 m)
Max. depth 51 ft (16 m)
Water volume 62,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m3)
Shore length1 3.7 km (3.7 km)
Surface elevation 92 m (302 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.


Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs.

An in-river hydro-electric scheme down-stream of the loch has been proposed. As a result of this, an environmental assessment of the fish and fish habitat of the loch and its outflow was commissioned. The assessment was reported in 2014. A full EIA planning application for the 2MW scheme was lodged with Highland Council by Three Lochs Hydro Ltd on 28 July 2016.

The loch was surveyed on 6 August 1902 by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

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