Bucinch

Bucinch or Buc-Innis (Scottish Gaelic: "Buck Island" or "Male Goat Island") is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland.

Bucinch
Scottish Gaelic nameBuc-Innis
Meaning of nameBuck, or Male Goat Island
Location
Bucinch is located in Scotland
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Bucinch shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceNS387918
Coordinates56.09°N 4.59°W / 56.09; -4.59
Physical geography
Island groupLoch Lomond
Areaha
Highest elevation24 m
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaStirling
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[1][2]
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The heavily wooded island lies due north of Inchcruin[3] and rises steeply from a rocky coastline[4] to 24 metres (79 feet)[5] in a central summit.[6]

Along with smaller neighbour, Ceardach, Bucinch was donated to the National Trust for Scotland by Col Charles L Spencer of Warmanbie, Dumfries, in 1943.[6][7] Although uninhabited for centuries, there are remains of a stone jetty.[4]

Footnotes

  1. 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. Ordnance Survey
  3. Worsley, Harry (1988). Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5.
  4. "Buccinch". Loch Lomond net. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  5. "Overview of Buccinch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  6. "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  7. "Bucinch & Ceardach". About Britain.com. Retrieved 25 September 2008.

56.09169°N 4.59425°W / 56.09169; -4.59425


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