Inchcailloch

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Inchcailloch
From the summit of Inchcailloch across the forest with the neighboring island, Inchfad in the background
From the summit of Inchcailloch across the forest with the neighboring island, Inchfad in the background
Waters Loch Lomond
Geographical location 56 ° 5 ′  N , 4 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 5 ′  N , 4 ° 33 ′  W
Inchcailloch (Scotland)
Inchcailloch

Inchcailloch ("Island of the Old Woman"), also known as Inchebroida ( Gaelic : Innis na Cailleach ), is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. The highest peak on the island is 85 meters high.

Saint Kentigerna came to Scotland from Ireland to preach and spread Christianity. It is believed that the island is named after her.

Geography and geology

Inchmurrin (Island) , Creinch , Torrinch, and Inchcailloch are all part of the Highland Boundary Fault .

In the north of the island there is a burial ground, and the bay, Port Bawn (Gaelic: Port Bàn; English: White Port), in the south.

traffic

There is a passenger ferry that connects the island to Balmaha on the mainland via the narrow channel . With 20,000 visitors, Inchailloch has more visitors than most of Loch Lomond's islands.

history

The map from around 1800 shows the islands of Loch Lomond.

Inchcailloch has been used as a hunting area since the reign of Robert the Bruce . Deer still live on the island today. White deer have been sighted on the island since 2003. The narrow junction is very shallow, which makes it an easy passage for deer. The island was used for agriculture until the early 18th century. The ruins of the farm on the island can still be visited today. Inchailloch was used as an oak culture for about 130 years. The wood produced from it was processed in Balmaha for the production of wood vinegar, wood tar and dye.

Inchcailloch owned a church dedicated to St. Kentigerna which was the parish church until 1621, but the cemetery was in use until 1947. The Clan MacGregor burial site is home to some of Rob Roy's ancestors.

Inchcailloch is part of a nature reserve managed by the Scottish Natural Heritage .

Mentions in the literature

Inchcailloch is in Dr. William Frasers mentioned The Lennox (1874).

Travel writer HV Morton visited the island in the 1930s, and noted:

"The island is sacred to the MacGregors, and in the tangled brances and amongst the green trees is their ancient burial ground. It was on the halidom of him 'who sleeps beneath the gray stone of Inchcailloch' that members of this vigorous clan used to take their oaths. "

Walter Scott refers to the island in his poem The Lady of the Lake -

"A slender crosslet formed with care
A cubit's length in measure due
The shafts and limbs were rods of yew
Whose parents in Inch Cailliach wave
Their Shadows o'er Clan Alpine's grave,
And, answering Lomond's breezes deep,
Soothe many a chieftain's endless sleep. "

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c Worsley, Harry: Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends . Lindsay Publications, Glasgow 1988, ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Inchcailloch . Loch Lomond Net. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 24, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.loch-lomond.net
  3. ^ Garnett, T. (1800). Observations on a Tour of the Highlands ... London. V.1. P. 40.
  4. ↑ a b Overview of Inchcailloch . Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved September 24, 2008.
  5. ^ Morton, HV: In Scotland Again . Methuen, London 1933, p. 145.

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