Inchgalbraith
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| Waters | Loch Lomond | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 37 ′ 19 ″ N , 4 ° 4 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| length | 40 m | |
| width | 40 m | |
| Highest elevation | 8 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Inchgalbraith is an island in Loch Lomond .
history
Inchgalbraith is, as its name suggests, associated with the Galbraith clan and was one of the clan's fortresses. The remains of the clan's old castle can still be visited today. It's probably a crannóg .
geography
The island is on the west bank of Loch Lomond, two miles south-east of Luss . At its highest point, it is around eight meters high.
fauna
Was Inchgalbraith to 1869 a hotbed of ospreys .
Footnotes
- ^ A b Worsley, Harry Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5 Lindsay Publications (Glasgow) 1988
- ^ A b Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland , Edinburgh, 1882, W. & A. K. Johnstone
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands . Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Archived from the original on June 18, 2002. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
- ^ Garnett, T. (1800). Observations on a Tour of the Highlands ... London. V.1. p. 41
