Aber Isle

Aber Isle or Aber Inch is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Endrick, by the abandoned village of Aber, and is 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) from Clairinch.[1] Its name derives from the Celtic word for the mouth of a river,[2] or Gaelic eabar meaning "mud, mire".[3]

Aber Inch is the small island in front of the mainland in this picture.

There are some trees on it including alders and a Scots pine. It is owned as part of Gartochraggan, north of Gartocharn.[4]

Footnotes
  1. "Aber". The Islands of Loch lomond. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  2. Garnett, T. (1800). Observations on a Tour of the Highlands ... London. V.1. p. 40.
  3. James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The common Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. "Three Loch Lomond islands are under new ownership". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 14 May 2019.


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