Bucinch
Gaelic name | Buc-Innis |
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Meaning of name | Buck, or Male Goat Island |
Location | |
Bucinch Bucinch shown within Scotland | |
OS grid reference | NS387918 |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Loch Lomond |
Area | ha |
Highest elevation | 24 m |
Administration | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Stirling |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
References | [1][2] |
Bucinch or Buc-Innis (Scottish Gaelic: "Buck Island" or "Male Goat Island") is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland.
The heavily wooded island lies due north of Inchcruin[3] and rises steeply from a rocky coastline[4] to 24m (78 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
- ↑ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ↑ Ordnance Survey
- ↑ Worsley, Harry (1988). Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends. Glasgow: Lindsay Publications. ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5.
- 1 2 "Buccinch". Loch Lomond net. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ↑ "Overview of Buccinch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- 1 2 "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ↑ "Bucinch & Ceardach". About Britain.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
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Coordinates: 56°05′30″N 4°35′39″W / 56.09169°N 4.59425°W
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