Loch Lubnaig

Category

Library Item

Item no

13236

Title

Loch Lubnaig

Artist / maker

Lydon, A. F.

Date

1882

Size

10.2 x 15.3 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying text, taken from the volume 'Scottish Loch Scenery' by Thomas A. Croal, begins as follows
"Turning aside from the formal round of the Trossachs and Loch Lomond, to penetrate into that wonderful district which the Callander and Oban railway has opened up, we reach, at no great distance from Callander, Loch Lubnaig, 'the crooked lake', so called from its bent form, which is almost identical with the form of the boomerang. The river Leny, which drains the lake, passes through the Pass of Leny, once famous as a gateway defending entrance to the Highlands. Here, whether viewed from the train or the road, the river is seen to rush over huge rocks tearing, roaring, and tumbling, in a manner calculated to terrify the timid entrant to this wild district."

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