
Loch Coruisk Facts
Loch Coruisk is listed number one in the 10 best lochs in Scotland
It sits at the base of the Black Cuillin mountain range in Skye and is the most magnificent of all Scottish freshwater lochs.
The dark rocks around Coruisk are Gabbro - a volcanic rock with a remarkably rough surface. It is this rock that provides the excellent grip that make the Cuillin so superb for climbing.
Loch Coruisk is reputed to be the home of a kelpie or water horse, a shape-shifting creature that can assume human form. That is far more magical than a common old monster!!!
There is a direct connection between the Skye Boat Song and Loch Coruisk. [1]
It has had many famous visitors, the artist William Turner [2] , Sir Walter Scott [3] and Lord Tennyison [4]
Most recently the ‘slabs’ in the Cuillin have been descended by the one and only mountain biker Danny MacAskill [https://youtu.be/4Ym2F-tHdkk]
[1] While being rowed along the loch on a trip to the Island of Skye during the 1790’s that Miss Annie MacLeod first heard the Gaelic air “Cuchag nan Craobh” being sung by the rowers. Miss MacLeod wrote down the music as she remembered it and the lyrics were later added by Sir Harold Boulton


