Duich, a beautiful sea-loch in the SW corner of Rossshire, deflecting from the head of Loch Alsh, and striking 5½ miles south-eastward along the SW side of Kintail parish. From a width of ½ mile at its entrance it expands to 1¼ at the head; and it takes up roads from the coast, along its northern and southern shores, to respectively Strathaffric and Glenshiel. Its screens consist of mountains, rising right from its margin, partly in bold acclivities, and partly in gentle undulating ascents, clothed with verdure or variegated with rocks and trees. Within 6 miles of its head stand Ben Attow (3383 feet) and Scuir na Cairan (3771).
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