Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCHCONNACHAN | Inchconnachan Inchconnachan Inchconnachan |
Montague Martin Esqr. John Millar Peter Turner |
010 | This name applies to an Island of considerable extent, having no important features, containing a quantity of copse wood but principally planted with fir the name is a corruption of "Innes na Chombach," Colquhouns Island the property of Sir James Colquhoun Bart. [Baronet] |
| FLOATING ISLAND | Floating Island Floating Island Floating Island Floating Island |
Montague Martin Esqr. John Millar Peter Turner John Blair, Ardess |
010 | Applied to a small islet, near the south west extremity of "Inchconnachan", generally covered when the Loch is flooded, hence the name, which is well known and generally recognised by good authorities both in the locality and beyond it. This is not a Floating Island but the people as stated by the last authority have a belief that it once was a floating Island till by some unknown manner it became fixed at the place it now stands. |
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County Dumbarton
Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 12 - Place names found around Loch Lomond and its islands, OS1/9/12
This volume contains information on place names found around Loch Lomond and its islands.
Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dunbarton, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.