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Loch Tummel (Ref 0074)
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Loch Tummel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Teimhil) is a long, narrow loch, 7 kilometres northwest of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. The loch is approximately 11 kilometres long from east to west, and is just under 1 kilometre wide. It became part of the Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme when the Clunie Dam was constructed at its eastern end in 1930, raising the water level by 4.5 metres. The loch is traversed by roads on both north and south banks, offering splendid views of the surrounding countryside. The best is probably the well known 'Queen's View' from the north shore, which Queen Victoria made famous in 1866, offering a magnificent vista over the loch with Schiehallion in the background (although it is probably named after Queen Isabel, wife of Robert the Bruce).

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