Loch Indaal

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Loch Indaal (or Lochindaal) is a sea loch on the island of Islay, the southernmost of the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. Together with Loch Gruinart to the north, it is part of a geological fault which branches off from the Great Glen Fault.

Along the northwestern coast are the villages of Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte. Along its northeastern shore is the tiny village of Bridgend and on its southeastern shore is the island capital of Bowmore.

At night the lights of the villages along the three sides of the loch inspired the well-known folk song "The Lights of Lochindaal" by Iain Simpson.[1]

South of Bowmore the entire coastline is a six-mile-long sandy beach stretching to Kintra. This beach, known as the Big Strand, is very popular with holiday makers and locals alike in the summer.