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In Scottish folklore, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a lake monster said to live in Loch Maree, and its neighbouring lochs. The term loosely translates as "turtle-pig."
In the 1850s, a Mr Banks from Letterewe tried at great expense to drain Loch-na-Bèiste, near Aultbea, but failed. He also tried to poison it with quicklime. Script error: No such module "Lang". is Scottish Gaelic for "loch of the beast", beast often being used for a loch monster, especially in Ireland.
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References
- This article incorporates text from Dwelly's [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary (1911).
- AA Touring Guide to Scotland (1978)