Inchtavannach
{{Short description|Island in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Scottish island
|coordinates = {{coord|56.08|-4.63|display=inline}}
|location_map=Scotland West Dunbartonshire
|GridReference=NS365915
|celtic name= Innis Taigh a' Mhanaich
|norse name=
|meaning of name= island of the monk's house
|area rank=174= (Freshwater: 4)
|highest elevation=Tom na Clag 84 m
|Population=3{{NRS1C}}
|population rank= 80= (Freshwater: 2=)
|main settlement=
|island group= Loch Lomond
|local authority=Argyll and Bute
|references={{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 56 Loch Lomond & Inveraray|ISBN= 9780319229811 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}{{cite journal| journal=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland| author=Lacaille, AD| title=Ecclesiastical Remains in the Neighbourhood of Luss| volume=62| pages=85–106| date=9 January 1928| url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_062/62_085_106.pdf}}
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Inchtavannach ({{langx|gd|Innis Taigh a' Mhanaich}}; {{langx|en|Island of the Monk's House}}), is one of the larger islands in Loch Lomond.Garnett, T. (1800). Observations on a Tour of the Highlands ... London. V.1. p. 38.
Geography
Inchtavannach faces the settlement of Aldochlay. Bandry Bay separates the island from the mainland, just south of Luss. According to Rev. Wilson, the island is "comparatively steep and lofty, mostly covered with natural oak".Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone A northern summit, Tom nan Clag ({{langx|en|Mound of the Bell}}), rises steeply to {{convert|282|ft|m}}, the highest point on the loch. A southern summit reaches {{convert|180|ft|m}} in height.
History
It is thought that St Kessog 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst8150.html | title=Overview of Inchtavannach| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=2007-08-24}}
The producer of Take the High Road Brian Mahoney lived in a house on the island for ten years.{{cite web|url=http://www.incallander.co.uk/islands.htm |title=Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands |publisher=Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond |accessdate=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921112627/http://www.incallander.co.uk/islands.htm |archivedate=2008-09-21 }}
Footnotes
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External links
{{Commons category|Inchtavannach}}
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080909125721/http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/inchtavannach.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100812225111/http://www.lochlomond-islands.com/page63.html
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{{Islands of Scotland}}
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{{coord|56|5|18|N|4|37|38|W|display=title}}
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Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland
Category:Islands of Argyll and Bute
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