| Loch Leitir Easaidh | |
| Coordinates: | 58.1898°N -5.118°W |
| Type: | freshwater loch |
| Inflow: | unnamed burns flow from Loch na h-Innse Fraoich in the southeast and Loch Bad a' Chigean from the northeast. |
| Outflow: | unnamed burn flows from Loch Leitir Easaidh at the eastern end into Loch Assynt |
| Length: | 0.804672km (00.5miles) |
| Width: | 0.643738km (00.4miles) |
| Area: | 19ha |
| Depth: | 20feet |
| Max-Depth: | 69.88feet |
| Volume: | 423213862ft3 |
| Shore: | 3km (02miles) |
| Elevation: | 67m (220feet) |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Sutherland |
Loch Leitir Easaidh is a small shallow irregular shaped freshwater lochan that flows directly into the northwestern end of Loch Assynt in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland.[1] [2] The loch is located in an area along with neighbouring Coigach, as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area,[3] one of 40 such areas in Scotland.[4]
Loch Leitir Easaidh sits of the eastern end of a low-lying plateau, that is heavily populated with a number of other lochs to the east, that drain into Loch Inver basin. At the northern end of the plateau is a trending fault that travels in a northwest–southeast direction, traveling through Loch Assynt, Loch Leitir Easaidh along Gleannan Salach, through Loch na Loinne to Loch Poll and the coast.[5]
To the north and northeast sit the three peaks of the Quinag,(Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: A’ Chuineag) that sit in a Y-shaped crest. The three Corbett summits are Quinag - Sail Gorm at 776m, Quinag - Sail Gharbh at 808m and Quinag - Spidean Coinich at 764 m.[6]
The loch is popular with both fly-fisherman and walkers and has an all-access, all-abilities walk that has been developed by the Culag Community Woodland Trust.[7] [8] Two toilet blocks are provided at the loch.
The predominant species of fish found in the region were recently catalogued during a survey in November 2019.[9] The predominant species of fish are trout and Salvelinus (char).