Loch Rusky

Loch Rusky
Location Perthshire, Scotland
Lake type loch
Basin countries United Kingdom

Loch Rusky is a small loch near Callander in the Stirling council area, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Perthshire.

The loch lies to the east of Mentieth Hills, approx. 6 km northeast of the Port of Menteith. The Torrie Forest extends over Lennieston Muir to the east.

The name Rusky derives from the Gaelic Loch an Rusgaidh, meaning "Lake of the Peeling".[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "What's in a name?". Callander. http://www.incallander.co.uk/gaelic.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2010.