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
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
References[1][2]
Bucinch

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 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  5. "Overview of Buccinch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  6. "Introduction to Loch Lomond Islands". Callander, Trossachs and Loch Lomond. Archived from the original on 2002-06-18. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  7. "Bucinch & Ceardach". About Britain.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.

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