Torrinch

Torrinch

Torrinch or Inchtore (Scottish Gaelic: Torr-Innis) is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is wooded.Wilson, Rev. John "The Gazetteer of Scotland" (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone]

Geography

It is one of the smaller islands in the loch. Torrinch, along with Inchmurrin, Creinch, and Inchcailloch, forms part of the Highland Boundary Fault.Worsley, Harry "Loch Lomond: The Loch, the Lairds and the Legends" ISBN 978-1-898169-34-5 Lindsay Publications (Glasgow) 1988]

It lies just to the south-west of the larger island of Inchcailloch, and north-east of Creinch.

References

External links

* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81/scotgaz/features/featurehistory10055.html short article on the island]
* http://www.lochlomond-islands.com/pag56.html


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