Loch Shiel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a 17+1/2 mi freshwater loch, 120 m (393 ft) deep, situated 12.4 miles west of Fort William in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, at the south west it ends  the 4 km River Shiel drains to the sea in Loch Moidart near Castle Tioram, Castle Tioram ( ) (Scottish Gaelic: "Caisteal Tioram" , meaning "dry castle") is a ruined castle that sits on which tidal island in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland?
Castle Tioram Castle Tioram ( ) (Scottish Gaelic: "Caisteal Tioram" , meaning "dry castle") is a ruined castle that sits on the tidal island Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is located west of Acharacle, approximately 80 km from Fort William. Though hidden from the sea, the castle controls access to Loch Shiel. It is also known to the locals as "Dorlin Castle". The castle is a scheduled monument.
Balmaghie Balmaghie ( ), from the Scottish Gaelic "Baile Mac Aoidh", is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and was the seat of the McGhee family. It is bordered by the River Dee to the north and east. The River Dee is commonly known as the Black Water of Dee on the northern border, the name changes with the meeting of the Water of Ken to the north west and is then known as Loch Ken along the eastern border. Balmaghie parish borders Girthon to the west and Tongland and Twynholm to the south. The closest market town is Castle Douglas about 6 miles from Balmaghie Kirk.