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 12 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.

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


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