Loch Bràigh Horrisdale

Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs.

Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Loch Horrisdale
The eastern shore of Loch Braigh Horrisdale
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Location	Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scotland
Coordinates	57°40′9″N 5°41′41″W[1]
Type	freshwater loch[2]
Primary inflows	streams from Loch a' Bhealaich and Loch a' Ghobhainn[2]
Primary outflows	Badachro River[3]
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)[2]
Max. width	0.33 mi (0.53 km)[2]
Surface area	38.2 ha (94 acres)[1]
Average depth	18 ft (5.5 m)[2]
Max. depth	51 ft (16 m)[2]
Water volume	62,000,000 cu ft (1,800,000 m3)[2]
Shore length1	3.7 km (3.7 km)[1]
Surface elevation	92 m (302 ft)[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

An in-river hydro-electric scheme down-stream of the loch has been proposed. As a result of this, an environmental assessment of the fish and fish habitat of the loch and its outflow was commissioned. The assessment was reported in 2014. A full EIA planning application for the 2MW scheme was lodged with Highland Council by Three Lochs Hydro Ltd on 28 July 2016.[4]

The loch was surveyed on 6 August 1902[2] by T.N. Johnston and John Hewitt and later charted[5] as part of the Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.