Geography

Inchcruin is one of an island group just south of Luss

Luss

Luss is a village in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond.-History:Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dubh, or 'dark village'...

. It is 3/4 of a mile long, and 50ft at its highest point. Its name means "round island" in the Scottish Gaelic language, although it is not round, but a rather jagged shape. It has a couple of beaches, and is wooded, with some open fields.

Only a very narrow channel, called the Geggles separates Inchcruin from Inchmoan

Inchmoan

Inchmoan is an island in Loch Lomond, Scotland.- Geography :It is one of an island group just south of Luss. Only a short stretch of water separates it from the island of Inchcruin...

. At only a foot or two deep, it is sometimes possible to wade between the islands.

History

The travel writer, H.V. Morton

Henry Vollam Morton

Henry Canova Vollam Morton, was a journalist and pioneering travel writer from Lancashire, England, best known for his prolific and popular books on Britain and the Holy Land...

visited Loch Lomond in the 1930s, and mentions Inchcruin briefly and wrongly as "Inchcruim".

In the 18th century it was used as an asylum for the insane. It contains one house, around 200 years old, which was inhabited in the past by people who farmed on the island. It is now a holiday retreat.