Loch Lacsabhat Larach

Loch Lacsabhat Iarach, also recorded as Loch Laxavat Iorach, lies a short way inland from the Atlantic on the west side of Lewis, set among low peatland in the Carloway catchment. It is a small, generally shallow water of roughly 47 hectares at low elevation, with soft, low-alkalinity water and a mean depth around six metres. The outline is broken by small bays and narrow points, with low, peaty margins and a long open reach down the loch.

The Carloway system once yielded numbers of salmon; recent reports are few. After heavy rain, attention turns to the headwater lochs—Loch Lacsabhat Larach and Loch Laxavat Ard—for salmon or sea trout. Access to Loch Lacsabhat Iarach is on foot across low, peaty ground.