| Loch Freuchie | |
| Location: | NN86433773 |
| Coordinates: | 56.5179°N -3.8482°W |
| Type: | freshwater loch |
| Inflow: | River Quaich |
| Outflow: | River Quaich to River Braan |
| Length: | 2.8163km (01.75miles) |
| Width: | 0.8km (00.5miles) |
| Area: | 139ha |
| Depth: | 23feet |
| Max-Depth: | 62feet |
| Volume: | 344329583ft3 |
| Shore: | 7km (04miles) |
| Elevation: | 264m (866feet) |
| Islands: | 0 |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Perth and Kinross |
Loch Freuchie, also known as Fraoch, the heatherly loch, is a large freshwater loch on a north-west to south-east orientation, within Glen Quaich in Perth and Kinross. The loch is located west of Amulree and southeast of Kenmore.[1] [2] [3]
Robert Burns passed beside the loch during his tour of the Highlands in the summer of 1787.[4]
Loch Freuchie is a loch in a pastoral setting surrounded by green fields and patches of woodlands.[2] The loch contains the remains of a crannog that is located on the southwest shore of the loch. The remains are exposed to a height of 6feet and measures around 108feet on an east to west bearing by 57.41feet. The island has been planted with conifers. To the south-west of the loch at a distance of 2.5 miles is the mountain of Beinn na Gainimh at 730m (2,400feet). Almost exactly in the opposite direction at the same distance to the north-west is the mountain of Meall Dearg at 690m (2,260feet). River Quaich, sometimes known as River Freuchie to anglers flows into the loch and out before becoming River Braan that flow into the Tay. On the eastern shoreline is the remain of a township.
Loch Freuchie is a trout-fishing loch.[5]