Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Inchcruin

Inchcruin (Gael. 'round island'), an islet of Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, in Loch Lomond, ¼ mile W by N of Inchfad, and 9 ½ furlongs WSW of Arrochymore Point. With an utmost length and breadth of 4½ and 3 furlongs, it has little wood, and was formerly the site of an establishment for the insane.—Ord. Sur., sh. 38, 1871.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an islet"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Buchanan ScoP       Stirlingshire ScoCnty

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