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BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 
LOCHS OF THE FINDHOKN BASIN. 
Within the catchment area of the river Findhorn (see Index Map, 
Fig. 19) six lochs were surveyed, viz. Loch Moy, Lochindorb, Loch Allan, 
Lochan Tutach, Loch Dallas, and Loch of Blairs, the two first-mentioned 
being the most important. Loch Moy is situated in Inverness-shire, while 
Lochindorb and Lochan Tiitach lie on the borders of Elginshire and 
Nairnshire, the other three being situated in Elginshire. The lochs contain 
trout, but the fishings are preserved. 
Loch 31oy (see Plate LX II.) lies about 9 miles south-east of Inver- 
ness, surrounded by woods, the Highland Railway running along the 
western shore. Moy hall, the residence of The Mackintosh, stands on the 
northern shore, and on the larger island (Isle of Moy) is a granite monu- 
ment, 70 feet high, erected to the memory of Sir iEneas Mackintosh in 
1824, and the ruins of an old castle, while the smaller island (Eilean nan 
Clach) was formerly used as a temporary prison. The loch trends in a 
north-west and south-east direction, and exceeds a mile in length by nearly 
half a mile in maximum breadth. Its waters cover an area of about 187 
acres, or over a quarter of a square mile, and it drains an area exceeding 
15 square miles. The maximum depth of 50 feet was recorded in the 
south-eastern part of the loch, midway between the Isle of Moy and the 
eastern shore. The volume of water is estimated at 157 million cubic 
feet, and the mean depth at over 19 feet. 
The soundings show some minor irregularities of the lake-floor, nearly 
two-thirds of which is covered by less than 20 feet of water. The contour- 
lines circle round the Isle of Moy, deep water being found both to the east 
and west of that island ; off the western shore of the’ loch a sounding in 
33 feet was recorded about 50 feet from shore, indicating a steep slope 
in that position. The loch was surveyed on October 15, 1903, but the 
elevation could not be determined from bench-mark ; judging from spot- 
levels, it is about 880 feet above the sea. The temperature of the surface 
water was 46°-0 Fahr. 
Lochindorb (see Plate LXIII.). — Lochindorb (or Loch an-Dorb) lies 
6 miles to the north-west of Grantown-on-Spey, and about 14 miles south 
of Forres, draining by the Dorbock burn into the river Findhorn. Near 
the eastern shore is a small island, with the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, 
