Lakes & lochs in StirlingStirling, Scotland

Water source for Victorian Glasgow and setting for Scott's Lady of the Lake, cruised by the steamship Sir Walter Scott.

Scotland's only water called a lake, holding the island priory of Inchmahome where the child Mary, Queen of Scots was sheltered.

Set between Loch Katrine and Loch Venachar, this small Trossachs loch lies at the centre of Scott's romantic Highland landscape.

West of Aberfoyle in Rob Roy's country, this wooded Trossachs loch looks out to Ben Lomond.

Its name is Gaelic for loch of the dog; this wooded loch lies on the road to Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.

Reached along the Trossachs forest drive, its irregular shore is studded with little bays and islets.

Beneath Ben Ledi, this loch, its name meaning crooked, is threaded by the road and cycleway from Callander to Strathyre.

Below Ben Ledi in the Trossachs, its outflow feeds the River Teith east toward Callander.

In Balquhidder glen, Rob Roy MacGregor's country, the outlaw's grave lies in the kirkyard near its shore.