Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fad

Fad, a lake in Portree parish, Isle of Skye, Invernessshire, 3< miles NNE of Portree town. Measuring > by < mile, it teems with trout, and sends off a streamlet 5 furlongs north-north-eastward to Loch Leathan (1 x 1/3mile), which streamlet, issuing from that loch, proceeds > mile north-eastward to the cliffs, and there descends to the sea in a clear leap of 300 feet.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a lake"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Portree Parish       Inverness Shire County

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