Loch Vatachan


Loch Vatachan or Bhattachan is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, Scotland, just over a kilometre north of Achiltibuie.
The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic bhàthaichean, meaning "of the byre" i.e. "Loch of the Byre". The loch's name appeared as "Bhattachan" on OS Maps until the 1900s. Several ruined shielings and hut circles of uncertain age have been found on the braes above its shores.
Loch Vatachan feeds into Loch Raa via a short burn, which in turn flows into Achnahaird Bay.