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Monday 25 June 2012

LOCH ERIBOLL

Loch Eriboll is the widest and deepest of the inlets to be found on the north coast of Scotland. The loch is a welcome refuge from the often perilous seas off Cape Wrath and in the Pentland Firth. During the Second World War the loch's sheltered position was made use of by the North Atlantic convoys, who used it as an assembly point, although the crew members dubbed it "Loch 'Orrible". There is a small island in the middle of the Loch which was used as target practice by bombers destined to destroy the German battleship Tirpitz, which would take place in a similarly shaped Norwegian fjord. At the end of the war, German U-boats surrendered to the British Navy on Loch Eriboll. The area around the loch was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, and there are still some remains from that time.

Map of the area.
Loch Eriboll - geograph.org.uk - 931652. Photo by Sarah Charlesworth, via Wikimedia Commons.





1 comment:

  1. Loch Eribol is a beautiful serene area - pity about nearby Durness though!

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