Inchlonaig is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland.
Meaning of name | "Island of Yew Trees" |
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Location | |
Inchlonaig Inchlonaig shown within Scotland | |
OS grid reference | NS380934 |
Coordinates | 56°06′N 4°36′W / 56.10°N 4.60°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Lomond |
Area | 80 ha[1] |
Area rank | 162= (Freshwater: 3) [2] |
Highest elevation | 62 m |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Argyll and Bute |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
References | [3] [4] |
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]
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:
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]
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.
56°6′22″N 4°36′16″W / 56.10611°N 4.60444°W