Lochinvar

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This article is about loch in Scotland. For other uses, see Lochinvar (disambiguation).

Lochinvar (or Lan Var) is a lake in Scotland that is now a reservoir. It nestles in the hills of Dumfries and Galloway to the north-east of St. John's Town of Dalry. It is drained by the Lochinvar Burn, which flows south to the Water of Ken. The ruins of a castle stand on a now submerged islet within the loch. The islet was submerged when the loch's level was raised as part of a hydroelectricity project in the late 1960s.

The name Lochinvar is Scots Gaelic, Loch an barr, and means "Loch on the hilltop".

The place gave the name to a number of aristocratic titles including the Baron of Lochinvar, the Laird of Lochinvar, and most notably to "young Lochinvar" in Walter Scott's epic poem Marmion.