Assynt

Assynt, LOCH, a beautiful fresh-water lake of South-west Sutherland, 6½ miles E. of Lochinver. Lying 215 feet above sea-level, it has an extreme length and breadth of 6¾ miles and ¾ mile. To the north of it rises Quinag (2653 feet); to the east, Benmore Assynt (3273); to the south, Canisp (2779) and Sulven (2399). To Ardreck Castle, on a north-eastern promontory, the great Marquis of Montrose was brought a prisoner in 1650.