Loch Resort
| Loch Resort | |
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| Loch Rèasort | |
.jpg) Loch Resort from the north shore | |
 Interactive map of Loch Resort | |
| Location | Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°02′41″N 6°58′49″W / 58.04472°N 6.98028°W |
| Type | Sea loch |
Loch Resort or Loch Rèasort is a 9-kilometre-long[1] sea loch on the west coast of the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Its north shore forms a part of Lewis and its south shore a part of Harris. From the open sea, the loch penetrates east-northeast several kilometres into the island to Ceann Loch Reasort in a deer forest known as Morsgail Forest. The waters of the Abhainn Leatha, Abhainn Thabhsaigh (or Habhsaidh a.k.a. Ulladale River) and Abhainn Mhòr Ceann Reasoirt empty into the head of the loch here. The remains of the remote township of Dirascal cluster around the head of a shallow inlet halfway along the loch's southern shore.[2]
The loch is developed along a fault zone within rocks of the Uig Hills-Harris Igneous Complex which date from the Palaeoproterozoic era.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Loch Resort". The Gazetteer for Scotland. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- ↑ "Harris, Dirascal". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ↑ "Uig Hills - Harris Igneous Complex". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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