Inchfad
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| Inchfad | |
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| Location | |
  Inchfad
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| Inchfad shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NS399909 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Innis Fada |
| Meaning of name: | long island |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 40 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 210= |
| Highest elevation: | 24 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 2 |
| Population rank (inhabited Scottish islands): | 88= out of 97 |
| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Loch Lomond |
| Local Authority: | Stirling |
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| References: | [1][2][3] |
Inchfad (Scottish Gaelic: Innis Fada, meaning "long island") is an island in the south east of Loch Lomond in Scotland.
Inchfad is about a mile long[4] and forty hectares in size. It forms part of the parish of Buchanan in west central Scotland. Formerly in Stirlingshire it now falls under Stirling Council.
It is partially wooded and has two residents. There are two houses on Inchfad, a modernized bungalow which served as the original farmhouse and a wooden house used as a holiday home.[5]
After the closure of illicit whisky stills around the loch, Inchfad became the home of a registered distillery. The ruins can be seen to this day. A canal was built to minimize the distance that the raw materials for the whisky had to be man handled.[5]
The very small island of Ellanderroch is just off its south-western tip.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Overview of Inchfad. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ British History On-Line. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ a b Loch Lomond Islands: Inchfad. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
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