Loch Ossian
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Loch Ossian is narrow loch
that is about 5 km long on the north eastern edge of Rannoch Moor
, on The Corrour Estate, with its western corner 2 km east of Corrour railway station
. It is drained by the River Ossian, flowing north into Loch Guilbinn and ultimately to the River Spean at Moy.
Loch Ossian is remote from public roads, and the nearest access is from Corrour railway station
. On its banks near the western end of the loch stands Loch Ossian youth hostel, which belongs to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association
(SYHA). The hostel was recently restored as an 'eco-hostel', boasting wind and solar power, and grey water and dry toilet systems.
Loch
Loch is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay...
that is about 5 km long on the north eastern edge of Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
, on The Corrour Estate, with its western corner 2 km east of Corrour railway station
Corrour railway station
Corrour railway station is a railway station on the West Highland Line,Scotland. It is situated near Loch Ossian and Loch Treig, on the Corrour Estate. It is the highest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom.- Location :...
. It is drained by the River Ossian, flowing north into Loch Guilbinn and ultimately to the River Spean at Moy.
Loch Ossian is remote from public roads, and the nearest access is from Corrour railway station
Corrour railway station
Corrour railway station is a railway station on the West Highland Line,Scotland. It is situated near Loch Ossian and Loch Treig, on the Corrour Estate. It is the highest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom.- Location :...
. On its banks near the western end of the loch stands Loch Ossian youth hostel, which belongs to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association
Scottish Youth Hostels Association
The Scottish Youth Hostels Association , founded in 1931, is part of Hostelling International and provides youth hostel accommodation in Scotland...
(SYHA). The hostel was recently restored as an 'eco-hostel', boasting wind and solar power, and grey water and dry toilet systems.