Loch Spynie

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1s set and cast off (2s step up); 1s turn 1¼ LH to face 1st corners
9-16 1s set to and turn 1st corner 2H; set to and turn 2nd corner 2H finishing in 2nd place opposite sides
17-24 1s cross RH and cast (3s step up); 2s+3s+1s turn partners 2H
25-32 2s+3s+1s circle 6H round and back. 231

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

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Loch Spynie remains from a large wetland that once extended from the current loch's western shore to the mouth of the River Lossie. In the past, numerous settlements along the Moray coast were essentially islands within the Moray Firth. Over time, connections to the sea in this area gradually filled with silt, but during the medieval era, Loch Spynie was still accessible to the sea.

In the mid 19th century the Spynie Canal was constructed by Thomas Telford to drain the loch for farmland. Artificial shores were built on the western and northern sides of the loch which were kept for wildfowling and fishing.

Wildfowling has stopped altogether since 1981 and the amount of angling has been negligible since that year too.

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