| Loch Tollaidh | |
| Basin Countries: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 57.7445°N -5.6289°W |
| Elevation: | 120m (390feet) |
| Length: | 0.88miles |
| Location: | Scottish Highlands |
| Outflow: | Tollie Burn |
| Width: | 803m (2,635feet) |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland Ross and Cromarty |
| Islands: | 4 |
Loch Tollaidh is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, Scotland, roughly 2.3km southwest of the village of Poolewe. It sits beside the A832 road in a large expanse of moorland.
The loch's name derives from the Scottish Gaelic toll, meaning "hole" or "hollow" i.e. "Loch of the Hollow".[1]
Loch Tollaidh sits on a bedrock of Lewisian gneiss, and has several excellent bouldering crags on its southern shore.[2] [3]
Several small islands sit within the loch, the largest of which is believed to have been a crannog. Several texts from the early 20th century describe a later stone "castle" occupying the site, in the hands of Clans MacBeth and then MacLeod before its abandonment in 1480. Underwater remains show evidence of stone causeways.[4]
A small commercial Atlantic salmon farm operated on the loch from the late 1980s[5] until it's removal in the late 2010s.