Inchtavannach
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Inchtavannach the Island of the Monk's House, is one of the larger islands in Loch Lomond
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. It is 86m (282 feet) at its highest point, the highest on the loch.
According to Rev. Wilson, the island is "comparatively steep and lofty, mostly covered with natural oak".
A northern summit, Tom nan Clag (Mound of the Bell), rises steeply to 86m (282 feet). A southern summit reaches 55m (180 feet) in height.
was killed here.
It was once the site of a monastery, giving rise to its translated name of 'Monk's Isle'. A large house has stood on the site of the monastery since 1760. The island is predominantly wooded. It is here that the monks rang the bell to the call of prayer.
Roe Deer are recorded to have lived here. Sir James Colquhoun built a winding path up to the summit in the 17th century.
The poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge
and William Wordsworth
, together with Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, visited in August 1803.
The producer of Take the High Road
lived in a house on the island for ten years.
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area. The lake contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles, although the lake itself is smaller than many Irish...
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Geography
Inchtavannach faces the settlement of Aldochlay. Bandry Bay separates the island from the mainland, just south of LussLuss
Luss is a village in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond.-History:Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dubh, or 'dark village'...
. It is 86m (282 feet) at its highest point, the highest on the loch.
According to Rev. Wilson, the island is "comparatively steep and lofty, mostly covered with natural oak".
A northern summit, Tom nan Clag (Mound of the Bell), rises steeply to 86m (282 feet). A southern summit reaches 55m (180 feet) in height.
History
It is thought that St KessogKessog
Saint Kessog was an Irish missionary of the mid-sixth century active in the Lennox area and southern Perthshire. Kessog was Scotland's patron saint before Saint Andrew, and his name was used as a battle cry by the Scots. Son of the king of Cashel in Ireland, Kessog is said to have worked miracles,...
was killed here.
It was once the site of a monastery, giving rise to its translated name of 'Monk's Isle'. A large house has stood on the site of the monastery since 1760. The island is predominantly wooded. It is here that the monks rang the bell to the call of prayer.
Roe Deer are recorded to have lived here. Sir James Colquhoun built a winding path up to the summit in the 17th century.
The poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla...
and William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
, together with Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, visited in August 1803.
The producer of Take the High Road
Take the High Road
Take the High Road was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, and set in the fictional village of Glendarroch , and claims to have about 2 million fans, including the Queen Mother...
lived in a house on the island for ten years.
External links
- http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/inchtavannach.html
- http://www.lochlomond-islands.com/page63.html