Bucinch

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Bucinch

Bucinch is a small island in Loch Lomond, forming part of the parish of Buchanan, Stirlingshire. Its name is from the Gaelic Buc-Innis, meaning 'Buck Island' or 'Male Goat Island'.

The heavily wooded island lies due north of Inchcruin[1] and rises steeply from a rocky coastline[2] to 24m (78 feet)[3] in a central summit.[4]

Along with smaller neighbour, Ceardach, Bucinch was donated to the National Trust for Scotland by Col Charles L Spencer of Warmanbie, Dumfries, in 1943.[4][5] Although uninhabited for centuries, there are remains of a stone jetty.[2]

Footnotes

  1. Worsley, Harry (1988). Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Buccinch". Loch Lomond net. http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/bucinch.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  3. "Overview of Buccinch". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst15078.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. http://www.incallander.co.uk/islands.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  5. "Bucinch & Ceardach". About Britain.com. http://www.aboutbritain.com/BucinchAndCeardach.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 

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