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== History == |
== History == |
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Inchcailloch has been used as a hunting forest since the reign of [[Robert the Bruce]]. Deer still roam the island. The island was farmed until c. 1770, and the ruins of the farm can still be seen.<ref name=Worsley>{{cite book| author=Worsley, Harry| title=Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends| isbn=978-1-898169-34-5| publisher=Lindsay Publications| location=Glasgow| date=1988}}</ref> For around 130 years, Inchcailloch was an oak plantation. The resulting timber was processed at [[Balmaha]] (on the site of the Highland Way Inn), for making wood vinegar ([[pyroligneous acid]]), wood tar, and dye.<ref name=Worsley/><ref name=Lomondnet/> |
Inchcailloch has been used as a hunting forest since the reign of [[Robert the Bruce]]. Deer still roam the island. White deer have been seen on the island in 2003. The narrow crossing is vey shallow making an easy passage for deer to ford. The island was farmed until c. 1770, and the ruins of the farm can still be seen.<ref name=Worsley>{{cite book| author=Worsley, Harry| title=Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends| isbn=978-1-898169-34-5| publisher=Lindsay Publications| location=Glasgow| date=1988}}</ref> For around 130 years, Inchcailloch was an oak plantation. The resulting timber was processed at [[Balmaha]] (on the site of the Highland Way Inn), for making wood vinegar ([[pyroligneous acid]]), wood tar, and dye.<ref name=Worsley/><ref name=Lomondnet/> |
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Inchcailloch had a church dedicated to [[St Kentigern]], which was the parish church until 1621,<ref name=gaz/> but the graveyard was used until 1947.<ref name=Lomondnet/> The [[Clan MacGregor]] burial ground includes some of [[Rob Roy]]'s ancestors.<ref name=Lomondnet/> |
Inchcailloch had a church dedicated to [[St Kentigern]], which was the parish church until 1621,<ref name=gaz/> but the graveyard was used until 1947.<ref name=Lomondnet/> The [[Clan MacGregor]] burial ground includes some of [[Rob Roy]]'s ancestors.<ref name=Lomondnet/> Legends have passed by word of mouth that the bones of a woman were found under the alter stone during an excavation. Verification and references of myth are sought. |
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Inchcailloch forms part of a nature reserve, owned and run by [[Scottish Natural Heritage]].<ref name=gaz>{{cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1905.html| title=Overview of Inchcailloch| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2008-09-24}}</ref> |
Inchcailloch forms part of a nature reserve, owned and run by [[Scottish Natural Heritage]].<ref name=gaz>{{cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1905.html| title=Overview of Inchcailloch| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2008-09-24}}</ref> |
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==Literary References== |
==Literary References== |
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Revision as of 17:36, 10 December 2008
Inchcailloch (Scottish Gaelic: Innis na Cailleach) is an island on Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is 85 m at its highest point.
Its name means "island of the old woman" in the Scottish Gaelic language.
Geography and geology
Inchmurrin, Creinch, Torrinch, and Inchcailloch all form part of the Highland boundary fault.[1]
There is a burial ground in the north, and a bay in the south, Port Bawn (Scottish Gaelic: "Port Bàn", meaning white port).
Transport
There is a passenger ferry across the short channel separating it from Balmaha on the mainland. As a result it receives more visitors than most of the Loch Lomond islands, currently 20,000 visitors per year. There is a camp site in the south at Port Bawn[2] and a nature trail.
History
Inchcailloch has been used as a hunting forest since the reign of Robert the Bruce. Deer still roam the island. White deer have been seen on the island in 2003. The narrow crossing is vey shallow making an easy passage for deer to ford. The island was farmed until c. 1770, and the ruins of the farm can still be seen.[1] For around 130 years, Inchcailloch was an oak plantation. The resulting timber was processed at Balmaha (on the site of the Highland Way Inn), for making wood vinegar (pyroligneous acid), wood tar, and dye.[1][2]
Inchcailloch had a church dedicated to St Kentigern, which was the parish church until 1621,[3] but the graveyard was used until 1947.[2] The Clan MacGregor burial ground includes some of Rob Roy's ancestors.[2] Legends have passed by word of mouth that the bones of a woman were found under the alter stone during an excavation. Verification and references of myth are sought.
Inchcailloch forms part of a nature reserve, owned and run by Scottish Natural Heritage.[3]
Literary References
Inchcailloch is mentioned in Dr William Fraser's The Lennox (1874).
The travel writer, H.V. Morton visited in the 1930s, and remarked:
- The isle 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 grey stone of Inchcailloch' that members of this vigorous clan used to take their oaths.[4]
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.
References
- ^ a b c Worsley, Harry Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5 Lindsay Publications (Glasgow) 1988 Cite error: The named reference "Worsley" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d "Inchcailloch". Loch Lomond Net. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ a b "Overview of Inchcailloch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ Morton, H. V. (1933). In Scotland Again. London: Methuen. p. 145.
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