Lakes & lochs in Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute, Scotland

Britain's largest freshwater expanse by area, island-strewn where the Highland line crosses it, sung in the ballad of the low road.

Rowardennan

Argyll's longest loch, guarded at its northern end by the ruined tower of Kilchurn Castle beneath Ben Cruachan.

Kilchrenan

Reaching inland below Ben Cruachan, this long sea loch has its head among the finest mountain scenery of Argyll at Glen Etive.

Taynuilt

Hemmed by steep wooded slopes in the Argyll Forest Park, this narrow freshwater loch threads the Cowal peninsula.

Strachur

Near Bridge of Orchy on the edge of Rannoch Moor, old Caledonian pines ring it below the Black Mount.

Bridge of Orchy