Clairinsh

On the island, the head of an iron ring-headed pin (a La Tène Culture#Periodization I (c) type) has been discovered. Roman pottery has been found in the remnants of a crannog (a man-made artificial island) 62 m off the northern end of Clairinch, called "Keppinch" (Scottish Gaelic: Ceap-Innis) or "The Kitchen".{{cite book| author=Worsley, Harry| title=Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends| isbn=978-1-898169-34-5| publisher=Lindsay Publications| location=Glasgow| year=1988}} (The crannog is approximately 27 m in diameter, and has been surveyed but has yet to be archaeologically excavated.){{Canmore |num=43479 |desc=Loch Lomond, 'The Kitchen' |access-date=17 April 2022}}

In 1225, Maldonus, Third Mormaer of Lennox, granted a charter for Clairinch to Anselan of Buchanan (the seventh Laird of Buchanan), his seneschal, in return for a pound of wax yearly.{{cite web| url=http://www.incallander.co.uk/islands.htm| title=Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands| publisher=Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond| accessdate=2008-09-25| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020618172408/http://www.incallander.co.uk/islands.htm| archivedate=2002-06-18}} This charter was confirmed by Alexander II of Scotland in 1231. There is archaeological evidence for no less than seven buildings and seven stone jetties on the island. Of note, both charters were signed on the island, the island was the clan seat for Clan Buchanan and Clan Buchanan adopted "Clàr-Innis!" as their slogan or battle cry, thus signifying that the island was of some importance in its own right.Frend, W H C (1983) 'Archaeological remains on Clairinch: an interim report', Glasgow Archaeol J, vol.10, Page(s): 125-129, http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/gas.1983.10.10.125 The crannog, noted above, may have served as the Council Island for Clan Buchanan.{{Canmore |num=43479 |desc=Loch Lomond, 'The Kitchen' |access-date=4 November 2014}}

File:Clairinsh - geograph.org.uk - 1217122.jpgClairinsh remained the property of the Clan Buchanan chief until it was acquired, in 1682, by the Third Duke of Montrose, and it remained the property of this family for the next two hundred and fifty years. In 1934, William George Buchanan (1865-1939) (who made his fortune in the Chilean nitrate industry) purchased the island. In his last will and testament, he bequeathed the island to the Buchanan Society on the condition that it be held in trust forever and that he wished the island to be used as an animal and bird sanctuary with no shooting allowed.Cited in http://www.buchanan-heraldry.net.nz/body/IslandClairinch.html From 1940, the island has been the property of the Buchanan Society. In 1958, Clairinsh was declared as the first part of a National Nature Reserve under an agreement with the landowner.{{cite web| url=http://www.snh.org.uk/nnr-scotland/downloads/publications/loch_lomond_nnr.pdf| format=pdf| title=Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve| publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage| accessdate=2008-09-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214164439/http://www.snh.org.uk/nnr-scotland/downloads/publications/loch_lomond_nnr.pdf| archive-date=2012-02-14| url-status=dead}}{{cite web| url=http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/downloads/publications/The_Story_of_Loch_Lomond_National_Nature_Reserve.pdf| format=pdf| title=Story of Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve| publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage| accessdate=2008-09-25}}

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• [https://www.theclanbuchanan.com/clairinch Clan Buchanan reference to Clairinsh in the clan's lands]
• [https://canmore.org.uk/site/43480/loch-lomond-clairinish Canmore website about the archaeology of Clairinsh]
• [https://canmore.org.uk/site/43479/loch-lomond-the-kitchen Canmore website about the archaeology of Keppinch]
• [http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/buchana2.html ElectricScotland website about Clan Buchanan, including island information]
• [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ancestorsofcedric/Buchanan.htm Another clan site including island information]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090710015304/http://lochlomond-islands.com/ Archived website lochlomond-islands reference to Clairinch]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20020618172408/http://www.incallander.co.uk/islands.htm Archived website Incallander reference to Clairinch]

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Category:Islands of Loch Lomond

Category:Uninhabited islands of Stirling (council area)

Category:Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve