A big Highland Perthshire loch under the bulk of Ben Lawers, with reconstructed Iron Age crannogs offshore and Kenmore at its foot
Loch Tay is one of the larger Highland lochs, some fourteen miles of deep water running north-east to south-west beneath the high ground of Ben Lawers, the tallest mountain in this part of Perthshire. The River Tay leaves it at Kenmore, at the north-east foot, and Killin sits at the far end. Out in the loch stood crannogs — Iron Age roundhouses built on stilts and artificial islands over the water — and The Scottish Crannog Centre tells that story, though its full-size reconstruction was destroyed by fire in 2021. The Rob Roy Way long-distance path runs along the southern shore. It is a working loch for boats and anglers as much as a scenic one.
