Bucinch
Appearance
Scottish Gaelic name | Buc-Innis |
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Meaning of name | Buck, or Male Goat Island |
Location | |
OS grid reference | NS387918 |
Coordinates | 56°05′N 4°35′W / 56.09°N 4.59°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Lomond |
Area | ha |
Highest elevation | 24 m |
Administration | |
Council area | Stirling |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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References | [1][2] |
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Bucinch or Buc-Innis (Scottish Gaelic: "Buck Island" or "Male Goat Island") is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland.
The heavily wooded island lies due north of Inchcruin[3] and rises steeply from a rocky coastline[4] to 24 metres (79 feet)[5] in a central summit.[6]
Along with smaller neighbour, Ceardach, Bucinch was donated to the National Trust for Scotland by Col Charles L Spencer of Warmanbie, Dumfries, in 1943.[6][7] Although uninhabited for centuries, there are remains of a stone jetty.[4]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Worsley, Harry (1988). Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5.
- ^ a b "Buccinch". Loch Lomond net. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
- ^ "Overview of Buccinch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ "Bucinch & Ceardach". About Britain.com. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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56°05′30″N 4°35′39″W / 56.09169°N 4.59425°W