The loch has a somewhat elliptical shape with a perimeter of 7.4 km (4.6 mi).

The loch was surveyed[3] on 6 October 1902 by John Parsons and T.R.H.

Garrett and later charted[4] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

Approximately 200 yards (180 m) from the northern end of the loch are the archaeological remains of an Iron Age hut circle with a medium-sized oval house.

[5] At the southern end of the loch is Lambsdale Leans, a cairn with possible cist or chamber.