| Loch Neaty | |
| Basin Countries: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 57.3942°N -4.6089°W |
| Elevation: | 256m (840feet) |
| Length: | 939.5m (3,082.3feet) |
| Location: | Scottish Highlands |
| Outflow: | Allt Garbh |
| Width: | 417.3m (1,369.1feet) |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Inverness area |
| Inflow: | Loch Garbh Iolachan |
Loch Neaty is a remote mountain loch in Inverness-shire, Scotland, just 900m west of the much larger Loch Bruicheach.
The loch's name is of uncertain origin. It may be a corruption of the Old Norse naut, meaning "cattle" i.e. "Loch of the Cow", or of the Scottish Gaelic neimhidh, meaning nemeton.[1] "Neaty" is also the name of the hill on the loch's northern shore, Leachd Neaty.
Loch Neaty sits among glacial drift, over a bedrock of psammite. A small sluice dam guards the primary outflow on its northeast shore.[2]
A 1997 archaeological survey noted a small shieling just south of the loch, beside one of its smaller tributaries.[3]