Loch Dionard
| Loch Dionard | |
|---|---|
 View of the north of Loch Dionard and the Dionard River in 1996 | |
  Loch Dionard | |
| Location | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°23′57″N 4°48′52″W / 58.39917°N 4.81444°W |
| Primary inflows | Allt an Easain Ghill |
| Primary outflows | Dionard River |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
| Surface elevation | 108 metres (354 ft) |
| Settlements | None |
Loch Dionard is a loch in Sutherland in the Highland Council Area in northern Scotland.[1][2][3] It is in the North-Western Highlands four miles south of Polla.
Etymology[change | change source]
The name may be from dyn-fjordr, 'noisy-firth.'[4]
History[change | change source]
The first mentions of Loch Dionard were in the late 16th or early 17th Century with the Loch being mapped and named as Dynard.[5][6]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ↑ "Loch Dionard · Lairg, UK". Loch Dionard · Lairg, UK. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ↑ https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/loch-dionard-highland More direct link to Get Outside
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/30069878 | Some Sutherland Names of Places. W. J. Watson, The Celtic Review, Vol. 2, No. 8 (Apr., 1906), pp. 360-368.
- ↑ "Pont maps of Scotland, ca. 1583-1614 - Modern Placenames Search - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ "View: [Strathnaver; Kyle of Tongue] - Pont 2 (front) - Maps by Timothy Pont". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
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