Bucinch

Bucinch
Gaelic name Buc-Innis
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
Political geography
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Stirling
Demographics
Population 0
References [1][2]
Bucinch

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

  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. 1 2 "Buccinch". Loch Lomond net. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  5. "Overview of Buccinch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  6. 1 2 "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  7. "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 / 56.09169; -4.59425


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