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	Loch Maree - Beinn Eighe Information and Picture Gallery. Loch Maree in Wester Ross
		Loch Maree is 20 kilometers long and definitely one of the most beautiful lochs in Scotland.
		Loch Maree is one of the last places in Scotland with remains of the old Caledonian Pine Forests.
		The islands in Loch Maree with the remains of the ancient Pine Forests.
	www.scotlandview.co.uk /lochmaree.htm (440 words)

	Loch Maree
		Loch Maree is a loch in Ross and Cromarty in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
		Isle Maree has the remains of a chapel on it, believed to be the 7th Century hermitage of Saint Maol Rubha.
		The waters of the loch were also thought to have curative effects, with being submerged in the water thought to be a cure for lunacy.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/loch_maree.html (281 words)

	Loch Maree -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree is a body of water in the (additional info and facts about Ross and Cromarty) Ross and Cromarty region of the (The dialect of English used in Scotland) Scottish Highlands.
		Isle Maree has the remains of a chapel on it, believed to the (additional info and facts about 7th Century) 7th Century hermitage of Saint Maelrubha.
		Because of its remote location there is little industry and tourism surrounding Loch Maree, although it does offer good (Any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons) trout (The act of someone who fishes as a diversion) fishing.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/loch_maree.htm (175 words)

	LOCH MAREE - LoveToKnow Article on LOCH MAREE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Excepting Loch Crocach, a small lake in the Assynt district of Sutherlandshire, its insularity (i.e.
		For two-thirds of its length the loch is flanked by magnificent mountains.
		On the north-east the principal heights are Ben Slioch (3217 ft.), whose sugar-loaf form dominates the landscape, Ben Lair (2817) and Ben Airidh-a-Char (2503), and, on the south-west, the peaks of Ben Eay, four of which exceed 3000 ft.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MAREE_LOCH.htm (339 words)

	Loch Maree Complex - Special Area of Conservation - SAC
		Loch Maree is of particular note as having the largest surface area of any loch in the north-west Highlands and being one of the most pristine waterbodies in the area.
		Loch Maree Complex is representative of vegetation communities on siliceous scree, mainly of quartzite and sandstone, in north-west Scotland.
		Loch Maree Complex is representative of the acid Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation in north-west Scotland.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /ProtectedSites/SACSelection/sac.asp?EUcode=UK0013597 (1526 words)

	Loch Maree in the North West Highlands of Scotland
		It is directly south of Loch Maree, situated in the western and wilder part of Ross and Cromarty.
		Loch Ewe is fed by the River Ewe after its course from Loch Maree.
		On the shores of Loch Broom, it is a pleasant and picturesque small coastal township.
	www.treasuresofbritain.org /LochMaree.htm (1994 words)

	Black-throated divers at Loch Maree - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree is one of the most natural and least disturbed large freshwater lochs in the Highlands.
		Loch Maree holds the largest number of fl-throated divers on any loch, and is protected under European legislation as a Special Protection Area.
		Loch Maree is within Wester Ross, an area of stunning mountains and coastline.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/brilliant/lochmaree.asp?view=print (280 words)

	Loch Maree
		Loch Maree is a body of water in the Ross and Cromarty region of the Scottish Highlands.
		At 20 kilometers long and with a maximum width of 4 kilometers, it is the fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland.
		Isle Maree has the remains of a chapel on it, believed to the 7th Century hermitage of Saint Maelrubha.
	encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /articles/loch_maree.html (143 words)

	ROSS AND CROMARTY - LoveToKnow Article on ROSS AND CROMARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The island portion, consisting of as much of the island of Lewis as lies north of a line drawn from Loch Resort to Loch Seaforth, is bounded on the W., N. and E. by the Atlantic, and S. by Harris, the southern part of Lewis.
		Waterfowl of all kinds frequent the sea lochs; many rivers and lakes are rich in salmon and trout, and the pearl mussel is found in the bed of the Conon.
		The Rosses held what is now Easter Ross; the Munroes the small tract around Ben Wyvis, including Dingwall; the Macleods Lewis, and, in the mainland, the district between Loch Maree and Loch Torridon; the MacDonalds of Glengarry, Coygach, and the district between Strome Ferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, and the Mackenzies the remainder.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RO/ROSS_AND_CROMARTY.htm (2820 words)

	AllRefer.com - Maree, Loch (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Maree, Loch[lokh murE´] Pronunciation Key, lake, 13 mi (21 km) long and 1 to 3 mi (1.6–4.8 km) wide, Highland, NW Scotland.
		Set in the Highlands, Loch Maree is known for its scenery.
		Isle Maree, near the north shore, has a primitive burial ground and the ruins of a 7th-century chapel.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Maree-Lo.html (181 words)

	Kinlochewe,Loch Maree History
		It is difficult to imagine that the shores of Loch Maree were once a centre of the early Iron industry in Scotland and may indeed have been the birthplace of Scotland 's Iron and Steel industry.
		Other establishments such as the hotel at Kinlochewe and Loch Maree Hotel were built at around the same time, significantly these were located 10 miles apart, (a comfortable day's coach trip) thus forming a chain of relay stations from the newly constructed railhead at Achnasheen.
		Loch Maree Hotel and the more recent Ledgowan Lodge Hotel are still excellent dining and eating establishments boasting some of the best food in the area.
	www.torridonmountains.com /KinlocheweLochMareeHistory.htm (642 words)

	The sacred island of the Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree was a sacred loch, with the island, “Isle Maree”, dedicated to the moon goddess.
		Visiting Isle Maree is an arduous task; since early 2003, the proprietors of the Loch Maree Hotel take visitors to the island, though access to the island is still strictly regulated and cleared by the Gairloch Trust, the owners of the island.
		Loch Maree most likely attained its sacred status because of its setting: an island deemed special by early settlers (perhaps because of an oak growing next to a well), in the shadow of a sacred peak.
	www.philipcoppens.com /lochmaree.html (2970 words)

	Highlands of Scotland photographs of Loch Maree. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree is a great location for landscape photographs, with pine trees all around both alive and dead and the rain flitting across the top of the hill or the clouds being burned off by the early morning sun.
		Loch Maree lies in one of the most magnificent mountain areas in Scotland.
		Although Loch Maree is easily accessible, the A 832 hugs the side of the loch for most of it's length as it runs from Kinlochewe to Gairloch, it has the feeling of remoteness.
	www.dwrobertson-photography.com /gal_loch_maree.asp (370 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The nearest town is Ullapool.Criteria: (1a, 2a): 1, 2Importance: Loch Maree is a particularly good example of a large oligotrophic freshwater loch characteristic of upland Northwest Europe.
		Loch Maree supports outstanding assemblages of wetland plants and animals including the five nationally scarce aquatic plants brown beaked sedge Rhynchospora fusca, bog hair grass Deschampsia setacea, marsh club moss Lycopodiella inundata, waterwort Elatine hexandra and spring quillwort Isoetes echinospora.
		The islands in Loch Maree support one of the least disturbed remnants of native Scots pine woodland in Scotland.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/UnitedKingdom/UK080D02.doc (555 words)

	Scotland Views and Information. Attractive Scotland site with excellent Scottish photography
		This sits on the border of the low ground to the south and the high ground to the north and is known as Scotland in Miniature due to the mixture of mountains and valleys as well as lochs and rivers.
		Wester Ross is one of the last remaining wildernesses in Scotland, especially the Letterewe forest in the area north of Loch Maree.
		Loch Maree is also home to some of the last remains of the Caledonian Pine forest which covered Scotland hundreds of years ago.
	www.scotlandview.co.uk (2141 words)

	Am Baile Education - Tourism - Loch Maree Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree is in the Parish of Gairloch in Wester Ross.
		The loch, one of the finest in the country, is twelve miles long and extends from Kinlochewe to near Poolewe.
		One of the small islands in the loch, Isle Maree, has the ruins of a chapel established by the Irish monk Maelrubha in the 7th Century.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/education/tourism/src5.jsp (308 words)

	Kinlochewe Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Which is a bit odd as Loch Ewe is the sea loch on which you find Poolewe, some fifteen miles to the north west.
		It is odd to realise that for centuries the Slioch side of the loch carried the drove road from Poolewe to markets at Dingwall and Inverness: and it was the south west side of the loch that was the less travelled.
		The south west side of the loch is home to the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, and the land to the west of Kinlochewe climbs steadily to Beinn Eighe.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /kinlochewe/kinlochewe/index.html (493 words)

	Tour Loch Maree, Tour Scotland.
		This twelve miles long loch is almost a continuation of Loch Ewe, a sea-loch on the coast of Ross and Cromarty.
		It is generally considered that the two were once one and added emphasis to this argument is given by the fact that the town that stands at the head of Loch Maree is named Kinlochewe.
		The beautiful scenery and the noble mountains around Loch Maree give the impression that man had wisely left the setting untouched but this was in fact not the case.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /tour-loch-maree.htm (453 words)

	10 Callicvol - Research Centre for the Highlands & Islands of Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		South of Loch Maree and north of the mountains that guard Torridon, in Wester Ross, are rivers running out of the hill country on the one hand towards Gairloch and on the other into Loch Maree before reaching the sea at Poolewe.
		It has several freshwater lochs and for that reason was recently the subject of a hydro power project which would, among other things, have altered their shape and changed the terrain around them.
		One of the most striking of these lochs is Loch na h-Oidhche, Loch of the Night, lying between the steep slopes of two long mountains called Beinn an Eoin and Baosbheinn.
	www.10callicvol.com /centre/callicvol/aug04.asp (422 words)

	Track description for Dusky Track; Te Anau area tracks and walks
		Loch Maree Hut (12 bunks) is a few minutes from the walkwire.
		The track is rough underfoot and susceptible to flooding between Deadwood Creek and Loch Maree Hut (12 bunks).
		Loch Maree Hut to Supper Cove Hut, 6 hr - 8 hr
	www.doc.govt.nz /templates/page.aspx?id=36759 (1145 words)

	Walking in Scotland - Wester Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wester Ross is one of my favourite holiday locations, and for the the purposes of these pages Wester Ross stretches from Loch Maree in the south to Suilven in the north.
		Loch Toll an Lochan, 1200 ft, 6 miles: A walk to a delightful lochan beneath the towering peaks of An Teallach.
		Corrie Hallie to Loch na Sealga, 1300 ft, 11 miles: This is a strenuous walk on paths which are often muddy and wet, into the wild and remote area behind An Teallach.
	www.b-mercer.demon.co.uk /wross.htm (649 words)

	Loch Maree etc
		Loch Maree is one of the finest of Scotland's fresh water lochs.
		In 1877, Queen Victoria stayed at the Loch Maree Hotel, finding the area to be a wild uncivilised spot, like the end of the world.
		Loch Maree lies under the great hills which are always blended of the softest of colours.
	www.stevecarter.com /wr5.htm (256 words)

	ST. MAOLRUBHA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On the island of Eilean Maree, in Loch Maree, there is a spring known as St. Maelrubha's Well.
		The loch, and its island Eilean Maree, are supposedly named after the Irish saint Maelrubha, who founded a religious house at Applecross.
		To the north of Applecross in the long narrow scenic Loch Maree is Maelrubha's little island, Inis Maree, "the favoured isle of the saint." On it besides his oratory and a cemetery was his holy well, a spring "of power unspeakable" in cases of insanity.
	www.maccolin.com /STMAOLRU.HTM (1544 words)

	Loch Maree Hotel - History Frame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree Hotel has been distinguished by the visit of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, who stayed there from the 12th September to18th September 1877.
		This story casts a halo of romance around the beautiful Isle of Maree and as might be expected there are many different variations of the legend but the one you are about to read is the most usual one.
		Going to the Isle of Maree in a hope to cure the patient of lunancy was continued until around 1858 when a young woman was brought there from Easter Ross and afterwards placed in the Inverness Assylum.
	www.lochmareehotel.co.uk /history.html (1322 words)

	LOCH MAREE - Online Information article about LOCH MAREE
		A remarkable feature is the large number (more than 30) and considerable area of the islands.
		Loch Crocach, a small lake in the Assynt See also:
		For two-thirds of its length the loch is flanked by magnificent mountains.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAL_MAR/MAREE_LOCH.html (443 words)

	Am Baile - Fishing boat in Loch Maree
		This photograph of a fishing boat in Loch Maree forms part of the collection of Dr I. Grant, depicting rural life in the Highlands and Islands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
		Loch Maree is a fresh water loch extending about 12 miles from Kinlochewe in the direction of Poolewe.
		The loch is generally not very wide but has a number of islands at the north west end.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=21996 (188 words)

	Self catering accommodation in the Highlands of Scotlands - Loch Maree Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Loch Maree Hotel provides accommodation in the Highlands of Scotlands in Achnasheen, Wester Ross.
		There are many activities nearby throughout Wester Ross and the Highlands with fishing in Loch Maree and walking in the Beinn Eighe National reserve and Torridon Forest.
		If you are planning a holiday in the highlands of Scotland for walking or fishing or just relaxing the Loch Maree Hotel in Wester Ross can provide the perfect accommodation and self catering cottages.
	www.selfcatering-in-scotland.com (220 words)

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		Slioch (right), a spectacular mountain on the side of Loch Maree can be best viewed from the carpark on the right beyond Victoria Falls.
		Loch Maree itself has many small islands surrounded by myth and legend.
		Ullapool is a fishing village on the coast of Loch Broom, a sea-loch.
	www.stlawrences.org /sunday.html (475 words)

	The Relative Hills of Britain - Chapter 3: The Marilyns By Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Poolewe; Loch Maree to Kinlochewe; A832 to Achnasheen; railway to Strathcarron; Loch Carron and coast to Poolewe.
		North of Loch Torridon and A896 from Torridon to Kinlochewe
		South of Loch Torridon and A896 from Torridon to Kinlochewe
	www.bubl.ac.uk /org/tacit/marilyns/region13.htm (58 words)

	The Legend of Loch Maree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is an island in Loch Maree that is as sweet a spot now as it was in the ninth century.
		The wise old man proposed that another and larger dwelling should be erected in the form of a tower to the west of the enclosure in the centre of which stood his own humble cell.
		In hot haste, and half crazy with excitement, he sought his boat on Loch Maree, raised with his own hand the snow-white banner of success, and mustered the faithful attendants who were to row him to the island on Loch Maree.
	www.survivalschool.co.uk /legendoflochmaree2005.htm (1777 words)

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