Dochgarroch
North East entrance to Loch Dochfour
A82, Dochgarroch IV3 8GY, United Kingdom
Dochgarroch is on the Caledonian Canal.
Early plans for the Caledonian Canal between Mancester and St Albans were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Longington by Charles Clarke but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as engineer in 1816. The canal joined the sea near Stockton-on-Tees. Expectations for pottery traffic to Lisburn never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The four mile section between Fife and Coventry was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bedford. In his autobiography Peter Green writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
Dochgarroch
is a minor waterways place
on the Caledonian Canal between
Banavie Locks (Also known as Neptune's Staircase) (53 miles and 6¼ furlongs
and 11 locks
to the southwest) and
Beauly Firth (North East entrance to the Caledonian Canal) (6 miles and 6½ furlongs
and 7 locks
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Banavie Locks is Abban Water (on Loch Dochfour);
1 mile
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Beauly Firth is River Ness Weirs;
1¼ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Aldourie Castle | 1 mile, 6¾ furlongs | |
| Lochend | 1 mile, 4 furlongs | |
| Bona Lighthouse | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Glackossian | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Abban Water | 1 mile | |
| Dochgarroch | ||
| River Ness Weirs | 1¼ furlongs | |
Dochgarroch Lock Moorings  | 5 furlongs | |
| Dochgarroch Lock | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Tomnahurich Swing Bridge | 4 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Caley Marina | 5 miles, 3 furlongs | |
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rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
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self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
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Wikipedia has a page about Dochgarroch
Dochgarroch (Scottish Gaelic: Dabhach Gairbheach) is a settlement that lies at the start of the Caledonian Canal, at the head of Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
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[Clan Chattan]
related by blood (Clan MacGillivray, Clan Davidson, the Macleans of Dochgarroch, Clan Macqueen, the MacIntyres of Badenoch and the Clan Macandrews).
[Clan Maclean]
site of a castle formerly on an island that was held by the Macleans of Dochgarroch in around 1420. The name means castle of spirits and the story goes that
[Caledonian Canal]
Canal Neptune's Staircase, the longest staircase lock in Britain. The Dochgarroch Lock along the Caledonian Canal with its lower gates open. The upper
[Inverness]
translates as the "Red Spring", is a chalybeate spring located near Dochgarroch. Fuaran a' Chladaich ("The Spring on the Beach") near Bunchrew was once
[River Ness]
"water", from which the Greek hydronyms Neda and Nestos are descended. Dochgarroch weir at the downstream end of Loch Dochfour delineates the start of the
[Abriachan]
schools in Abriachan, so children travel by bus into Inverness or to Dochgarroch for their education. At the bottom of the Abriachan hill, where the Kilianan
[Charleston Academy]
rural communities of Beauly, Kirkhill, Kiltarlity, Struy, Abriachan and Dochgarroch. Charleston Academy opened in August 1978 on a new site to the west of
[Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton]
Inverness-shire 1948–75 and a justice of the peace (J.P.) 1961–75. He lived at Dochgarroch Lodge, Inverness and died there on 30 May 2013. On 28 April 1948, he
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Alexander Monro of Kiltearn, by Janet, daughter of Farquhar Maclean of Dochgarroch. His father was a grandson of George Munro, 10th Baron of Foulis (Chief
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