Inchlonaig

Inchlonaig
Meaning of name"Island of Yew Trees"
Location
Inchlonaig is located in Scotland
Inchlonaig
Inchlonaig
Inchlonaig shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceNS380934
Coordinates56°06′N 4°36′W / 56.10°N 4.60°W / 56.10; -4.60
Physical geography
Island groupLoch Lomond
Area80 ha[1]
Area rank162= (Freshwater: 3) [2]
Highest elevation62 m
Administration
Council areaArgyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[3] [4]

Inchlonaig is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Inchlonaig viewed from Luss across Loch Lomond

Geography and geology

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Inchlonaig is the most northerly of the larger islands in the Loch Lomond, just south of where it narrows into a ribbon loch, and north of Inchconnachan.[5]

History

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Inchlonaig has traces of human habitation dating back to 5000BC.

Scattered across the island are yew trees. The travel writer, H.V. Morton visited in the 1930s, and mentions:

Inchclonaig [sic], the 'marsh isle' whose yew trees, it is said, were planted by Robert the Bruce for his archers.[6]

It is also stated that King Robert used this supply to make bows before the fourteenth century Battle of Bannockburn.[6][7][8] The island was thus of great value and the trees maintained with the utmost care.[9]

Strathcashel, a stronghold of the Dukes of Montrose was opposite Inchlonaig.[8]

Rob Roy fixed the amount of money he was to extort from Clan Colquhoun here.[8]

At various times, the island has been a deer park, especially by Sir James Colquhoun in the 17th century[5][9] and a place of confinement for drunkards and the mentally ill.[8]

In 1873, Sir James Colquhoun, the clan chief, and some ghillies drowned after going hunting here, and they are buried together at Luss.[8]

Current use

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Shore on the east side of Inchlonaig

A stone cottage is now used as a holiday home.[7] The island is classified by the National Records of Scotland as an inhabited island that "had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses."[10]

The beaches on the island are also a common location for campers who are looking for a more quiet campsite.

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 56 Loch Lomond & Inveraray (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229811.
  4. ^ "Overview of Inchlonaig". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  5. ^ a b Wilson, Rev. John (1882). The Gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnstone.
  6. ^ a b Morton, H. V. (1933). In Scotland Again. London: Methuen. p. 145.
  7. ^ a b "Loch Lomond Islands: Inchlonaig". Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  8. ^ a b c d e Worsley, Harry (1988). Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5.
  9. ^ a b Garnett, T. (1800). Observations on a Tour of the Highlands ... London. V.1. p. 42.
  10. ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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56°6′22″N 4°36′16″W / 56.10611°N 4.60444°W / 56.10611; -4.60444