Loch Essan is a freshwater trout loch, located 2 miles north of Loch Dochart, within the Stirling Council Area, Scotland.^[1][2]

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Loch Essen
View from Ben Challum Ben More, Stob Binnien and Cruach Ardrain (left to right). The two lochs in the middle distance are Loch Maragan and Loch Essan.
Loch Essen
Location	NN412285
Coordinates	56.422°N 4.5748°W / 56.422; -4.5748
Type	freshwater loch
Max. length	0.804 km (0.500 mi)[1]
Max. width	0.40 km (0.25 mi)[1]
Surface area	11.7 ha (29 acres)[2]
Average depth	7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. depth	18 ft (5.5 m)[1]
Water volume	9,664,000 cu ft (273,700 m3)[1]
Shore length1	2 km (1.2 mi) [2]
Surface elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)[2]
Max. temperature	57.5 °F (14.2 °C)
Min. temperature	48 °F (9 °C)
Islands	0
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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On the mid north coast of the loch is the remains of four Shieling hut with no roofs.^[3] The huts would have been used as lodges for shepherds, summer livestock grazers, and much later, after the Highland Clearances, fly fisherman, before they fell into disrepair due to lack of maintenance. The loch now a bothy, a former 3 roomed shepherd's cottage.^[4]