Loch Tollaidh

NG87NW 5 8423 7872.

(NG 8423 7872) Site of Castle (NR)

OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1905)

A crannog said to have been the site of a fortalice occupied first of the MacBeath's and then of the MacLeods's until 1480.

The crannog is now overgrown by bushes and only a few loose stones remain of the stronghold.

J H Dixon 1886; F O Blundell 1913.

The crannog now consists of two small islands, 7.0m and 3.0m in diameter, composed of loose stones and bearing bushes. No trace of a causeway could be found.

Visited by OS (R D) 31 March 1965.

Snorkelling in the shallow water around this island in February 1992, remains of what appeared to be a stone causeway were immediately visible together with a perimeter of boulders piled on the bed of the loch. The island may be natural and substantially modified, but certainly there are extensive remains underwater. No dressed stone was observed, nor any organic remains, but the subcircular outline of boulders resembles other submerged artificial islands in Scotland. More detailed and extensive survey work is planned for August.

N Dixon 1992a.