Inchlonaig
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| Inchlonaig | |
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| Location | |
  Inchlonaig
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| Inchlonaig shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NS380934 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | |
| Meaning of name: | "Island of Yew Trees" |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 77 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 163= |
| Highest elevation: | 62 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Loch Lomond |
| Local Authority: | Argyll and Bute |
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| References: | [1][2] |
Inchlonaig is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland.
[edit] Geography and geology
It is the most northerly of the larger islands in the loch, just south of where it narrows into a ribbon lake, and north of Inchconnachan[3].
[edit] History
Inchlonaig has traces of man dating back to 5000BC. Scattered across the island are Yew trees, which it is said, were first planted by King Robert in the fourteenth century, to supply bows for his archers.[4][5]
More recently the island was used as a deer park [3]. A stone cottage is now used as a holiday home.[4]
The famous 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.[5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Overview of Inchlonaig. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ a b Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
- ^ a b Loch Lomond Islands: Inchlonaig. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ a b Morton, H. V. In Scotland Again (1933), Methuen London - p145
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