Loch Phadriug

Walk No 36 Loch PhadruigThe day started in uncertain weather conditions and over the course of the day we experienced everything from bright sunlight to fairly heavy rain with gusting winds on the top.

Header pool feeding Priests Well





 Top of Meall an t-Slugain above Loch.



The walk involved a climb up to Loch Phadruig from the bridge halfway up to Loch Callater and continued to the top of Meall an t-Slugain. Loch Padruig ( Patrick's Loch is named after a priest also referred to as The Priest's Well ) From there we walked along the ridge to Creag an Loch before dropping down to the high level path along the side of Loch Callater. On the way down to the loch side we took a detour to look at a pool which feeds the stream which, on entry to the Loch, is identified on OS maps as The Priest's Well and we wondered if this was more likely to have been the site of the actual well. There is what appears to have been the site of a building alongside the pool together with a man-made depression in the ground. We had lunch at the side of Loch Callater in bright sunshine before returning to the car park.