Aber Isle

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Aber Inch is the small island in front of the mainland in this picture. South Loch Lomond - geograph.org.uk - 190188.jpg
Aber Inch is the small island in front of the mainland in this picture.

Aber Isle or Aber Inch is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Endrick, by the abandoned village of Aber, and is 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) from Clairinch. [1] Its name derives from the Celtic word for the mouth of a river, [2] or Gaelic eabar meaning "mud, mire". [3]

There are some trees on it including alders and a collection of Scots pine and Hornbeam.

It is owned as part of Claddoch, north of Gartocharn. [4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Aber". The Islands of Loch lomond. Retrieved 18 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Garnett, T. (1800). Observations on a Tour of the Highlands ... London. V.1. p. 40.
  3. ↑ James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The common Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Three Loch Lomond islands are under new ownership". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

56°4′N4°32′W / 56.067°N 4.533°W / 56.067; -4.533

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