Loch Killin
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to River Fechlin
Loch Killin is a small freshwater loch in the Monadhliath Mountains, in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Geography
The loch is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long, and is one of numerous small lochs close to the southern end of Loch Ness, the southernmost point of which lies nine miles to the west. The nearest settlement is Whitebridge, which is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north-west of the loch and which features a Jacobite era bridge built by George Wade in 1732. This includes the neighbouring hamlet and abandoned former township of Easter Drummond. The Loch is part of a wider hydroelectricity scheme at Garrogie. There are a couple of hunting lodges in proximity to the lodge, specifically Garrogie lodge and Killin lodge, as well as several tracks through the valleys towards a wind farm in the Grampian Mountains.
Ecology
The waters of Loch Killin are home to the Haddy charr (Salvelinus killinensis), a species of char named after this loch. It is endemic to this lake as well as Loch Doine, and possibly Loch Builg.
Association
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Loch Killin was named after the loch.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Loch Killin” as lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to River Fechlin. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows to River Fechlin. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7332762. Authority coordinates are 57.162, -4.435. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1732.
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