| Loch Awe | |
| Coordinates: | 58.0913°N -4.9779°W |
| Type: | freshwater loch |
| Inflow: | Unnamed burn that flows from Loch Na Gruagaich into the northern end of Loch Awe. |
| Outflow: | River Loanan flows north from Loch Awe and drains into Loch Assynt |
| Length: | 1.28km (00.8miles) |
| Width: | 0.48km (00.3miles) |
| Area: | 31ha |
| Depth: | 4.92126feet |
| Max-Depth: | 6.88976feet |
| Volume: | 16573596.9ft3 |
| Shore: | 4km (02miles) |
| Elevation: | 154m (505feet) |
| Islands: | 8 |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Sutherland |
Loch Awe is a small loch, located 4 miles south of Loch Assynt and next to the village of Ledmore, within the Assynt area of Sutherland, Scotland.[1] [2] [3] The loch is located in an area along with neighbouring Coigach, as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area,[4] one of 40 such areas in Scotland.[5]
Immediately south and west of the loch is a circular cairn at Cnoc Bad Na Cleithe.[6] The first cairn measures 6 to 7 foot high and measures 63 feet on a north–south bearing at the base, by 70 feet.[6] They were surveyed on 11 June 1909 and there is no sign of a cist or chamber.[6]
Loch Awe in Sutherland is one of a number of lochs in that area that drain into the Loch Inver and Inver Basin. To the northwest of Loch Awe are smaller lochans that drain into Loch Awe. These are Loch Na Gruagaich and further northeast is Loch Na Saighe Duibhe as well as a small group of lochans, that are unnamed.[7]
Overlooking the loch to the north is the imposing bulk of Canisp (Scottish Gaelic: Canasp) at 847 metres (2779 feet).[8]