{{Short description|Loch in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Loch Borralan | image = File:Loch Borralan - geograph.org.uk - 1150054.jpg | alt = | caption = Loch Borralan in deep winter | sections = | islands = | frozen = | image_bathymetry = | basin_countries = United Kingdom | catchment = | outflow = Ledmore River | pushpin_map = Scotland Ross and Cromarty | inflow = Ault an Loin Duibh | type = | coords = {{coord|58.0525|-4.9463|type:waterbody_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | location = {{gbmappingsmall| NC 2620 1085}} | caption_bathymetry = | cities = Aultnacealgach | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = {{convert|1.6093|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="bathy"/> | width = {{convert|0.4023|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="bathy"/> | area = {{convert|47|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name="britlakes"/> | depth = {{convert|9.514|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="bathy"/> | max-depth = {{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="bathy"/> | volume = {{convert|590961954|ft3|m3|abbr=on}}<ref name="bathy"/> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} <ref name="britlakes"/> | elevation = {{convert|142|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="britlakes"/> | temperature_high = {{cvt|56.7|F}} | temperature_low = {{cvt|56.7|F}} }} '''Loch Borralan''' is a freshwater loch in the Assynt District of Sutherland in the Highland Council Area, northern Scotland.<ref name="bathy">{{cite book |last1=John |first1=Murray |last2=Lawrence |first2=Pullar|title=Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897–1909 Lochs of the Kirkaig Basin Volume II – Loch Borralan|url=https://maps.nls.uk/bathymetric/text/page/1003|location=National Library of Scotland|pages=160 |access-date=9 January 2022}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="britlakes">{{cite web |title=Loch Borralan |url=https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/apps/lakes/detail.html#wbid=11355 |website=Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |publisher=Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
It is located adjacent to the A837 main road near to the settlements of Aultnacealgach and Ledmore and is {{convert|18|mile}} from Ullapool and {{convert|25|mi}} from Lairg.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Loch Borralan, Highland - area information, map, walks and more|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/loch-borralan-highland/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Ordnance Survey Get Outside|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir///@57.9123207,-5.0232298,10z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Google Maps|language=en}}</ref>
== Geography == The Loch is just over {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} across and the settlement of Aultnacealgach is located directly on the Loch, there's also the Aultnacealgach Lodge which is also on the Loch but despite the name is on the other side.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Detailed maps & routes to explore the great outdoors {{!}} OS Maps|url=https://explore.osmaps.com/en/browser-not-supported?platform=unknown|access-date=2021-09-26|website=explore.osmaps.com}}</ref> Finally there's the Alt Motel Located Just Northwest of the other Lodge.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-11|title=Loch Borralan, Alt Motel, Altnacealgach|url=https://www.scotlandguides.org/tour/loch-borralan-alt-motel-altnacealgach-2031.htm|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Scotlandguides|language=en-GB}}</ref> Both of these boost the tourism in the area, its proximity to the A837 makes most people go here instead of the nearby albeit larger Loch Urigill. Flowing into the loch there's the Ault an Loin Duibh and the much smaller Allt nan Cealgach and the Allt na Meine. Flowing Outward there's the Ledmore river which flows towards Loch Veyatie and eventually the Atlantic Ocean. There are also nearby peaks of Bad na Cleithe, Cnoc Gorm and Cnoc bad na h-Achlaise.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Tourism == Loch Borralan is a tourist attraction given its location.<ref name=":2" />
== Geology == The areas around Loch Borrolan are full of Igneous rocks such as borolanite. Which is typically white-spotted nepheline syenite unique to this area. Other rocks like pyroxene-rich mafic rock can be found blended in, overall there's a large range of particular rocks found around the banks of the loch. Largely in a nearby disused quarry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rocks of NW Scotland - Loch Borralan|url=https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/nws/loc-borralan.html|access-date=2021-09-26|website=www.earth.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>
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