Fraoch Eilean, Loch Lomond

For other uses, see Eilean Fraoch.

Fraoch Eilean is a small island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Its name means "heather island" in Scottish Gaelic.

It is near Luss on the mainland, and according to legend, was used as its prison, indeed on Charles Ross's 1792 Plan of Dunbartonshire, Loch Lomond and its Environs, Fraoch Eilean is marked as "Luss Prison".^[1]

It is covered in heather and brambles.^[1]

References

http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/fraoch.html

1 2 "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

External links

Islands of Loch Lomond, Scotland

Aber Inch Bucinch Ceardach Clairinsh Creagan Dubha Creinch Eilean Deargannan Eilean na h-Aon Chraoibhe Ellanderroch Fraoch Eilean Inchcailloch Inchconnachan Inchcruin Inchfad Inchgalbraith Island I Vow Inchlonaig Inchmoan Inchmurrin Inchtavannach Inveruglas Isle Keppinch Stot Isle Ross Isles Tarbet Isle Torrinch Wallace's Isle

Coordinates: 56°23′N 5°03′W / 56.383°N 5.050°W / 56.383; -5.050

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