Inchmurrin

Inchmurrin

Gaelic name	Innis Mheadhran
Meaning of name	St Mirin's Island
Location
Inchmurrin Inchmurrin shown within West Dunbartonshire
OS grid reference	NS379871
Coordinates	56°03′N 4°36′W / 56.05°N 4.60°W / 56.05; -4.60
Physical geography
Island group	Loch Lomond
Area	120 hectares (0.46 sq mi)
Area rank	139= (Freshwater: 1)
Highest elevation	89 metres (292 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Council area	West Dunbartonshire
Demographics
Population	8
Population rank	70= (Freshwater: 1)
Population density	6 people/km2
References

Inchmurrin (Scottish Gaelic: Innis Mheadhran) is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.

Inchmurrin is the largest and most southerly of the islands in Loch Lomond. It reaches a height of 89 metres (292 ft) towards the north and is largely wooded. There is an excellent view of the north end of the loch.

Along with Creinch, Torrinch, and Inchcailloch, Inchmurrin forms part of the Highland boundary fault.

Inchmurrin was the site of a 7th-century monastery, with a chapel dedicated to Saint Mirin, after whom it was named.

The island was formerly a deer park of the Dukes of Montrose, who had a hunting lodge built in 1793 and maintained a gamekeeper and his family there. 200 deer are recorded in 1800. There are ruins of Lennox Castle, probably built for Duncan, 8th Earl of Lennox whose seat was Balloch Castle at the south end of Loch Lomond. The castle was probably a hunting lodge for the deer park established on the island by King Robert I of Scotland in the early 14th century. After her husband Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, father Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox, and two sons were executed by James I in 1425, Isabella Countess of Lennox retired to the castle on Inchmurrin with her grandchildren.