Creinch ( gd, Craobh-Innis, Tree Island) is an island on the
Highland Boundary Fault
The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two different geological terranes which give rise to two distinct physiographic terr ...
in
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ...
.
History
Formerly Inchcroin (not to be confused with
Inchcruin
Inchcruin is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is not to be confused with Creinch, which has occasionally been referred to as "Inchcroin".
Geography
Inchcruin is one of an island group just south of Luss. It is long, and in elevation ...
), Creinch lies a little north of
Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin ( gd, Innis Mhearain) is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.
Geography and geology
Inchmurrin is the largest and most southerly of the islands in Loch Lomond. It reache ...
.
[Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone] Inchcailloch
Inchcailloch ( gd, Innis na Cailleach) is an islet on Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is at its highest point. It is also known to some as Inchebroida.
The name Inchcailloch means "Isle of the old woman" or "Isle of the Cowled (Hooded) Woman" in ...
,
Torrinch
Torrinch or Inchtore ( gd, Torr-Innis) is a wooded island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. The name Torremach is also recorded for it.Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
Geography
It is ...
, Creinch and
Inchmurrin
Inchmurrin ( gd, Innis Mhearain) is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.
Geography and geology
Inchmurrin is the largest and most southerly of the islands in Loch Lomond. It reache ...
form part of the
Highland boundary fault
The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two different geological terranes which give rise to two distinct physiographic terr ...
.
[Worsley, Harry ''Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends'' Lindsay Publications (Glasgow) 1988] In 1800 Garnett referred to the island as 'Grange'.
Wildlife
As the Gaelic name implies, it is completely covered in ivy draped trees, including some
wych elm
''Ulmus glabra'' Hudson, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese and Sicily, where the species reaches i ...
s. In summer it can be difficult to penetrate the interior and in spring, it is carpeted in
wild garlic Plant species in the genus ''Allium'' known as wild garlic include the following:
*''Allium canadense'', wild onion
*'' Allium carinatum'', keeled garlic
*'' Allium drummondii'', Drummond's onion
*''Allium ochotense'', Siberian onion
*'' Allium ole ...
,
wild hyacinths and
wood anemone The phrase wood anemone is used in common names for several closely related species of flowering plants in genus ''Anemonoides'', including:
* ''Anemonoides nemorosa
''Anemonoides nemorosa'' (syn. ''Anemone nemorosa''), the wood anemone, is an e ...
s.
Footnotes
Islands of Loch Lomond
Highland Boundary Fault
Uninhabited islands of West Dunbartonshire
Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve
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