ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN LOCHS OF HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 229 
‘The artificial islands in Loch Tay, so far as I can ascertain, are 
as follows :— 
‘1. The Priory Island, or ‘‘ Y,’’ of Loch Tay. 
‘9. Cuigeal Mairi, or Mary’s Distaff, about 200 yards west from 
the Priory Island, which is submerged when the loch is at its normal 
height, but it is marked with a pole. 
‘3. Island in Fernan Bay, which can be seen at low water, and 
which is marked by a pole to prevent the steamer or boats striking it. 
‘4, Hilean nan Brebean, which is quite complete, is in the bay 
east of Morenish. It is almost wholly formed of stones of from 
10 Ib. to 40 lb. in weight. 
‘5. In Finlarig Bay, to the west of Killin Pier. This island is 
marked by a tree. 
‘6. There is also a small island in good preservation on the west 
side of Acharn Bay. It has no name.’ 
Loch Achnacloich.—At the invitation of Major Cuthbert, Factor 
for Mr. Perrins, of Ardross Castle, I visited this loch on February 25. 
Major Cuthbert was absent for the day, but his senior clerk, Mr. 
Macdonald, motored me to the loch, about two miles distant. We 
easily found the cairn at the east end of the loch and about 80 yards 
distant from the shore. The top was covered by a few inches of water, 
but we could see that it exactly resembled the islands in Loch Moy 
and Loch Garry, which have been fully described elsewhere during 
‘the present survey. At the outer edge of the rubble building the 
depth of the water was from 8 to 10 feet, and the diameter of what 
may be judged to have been the top of the island is about 50 feet. 
With the boat-hook we could feel the wood that formed the founda- 
tion of the island, and could bring up chips from the logs, but did 
not succeed in dislodging one of these. The chips of wood showed 
that the logs were of oak. 
Loch Lomond.—Mr. Walter Macdermott, who has forty years’ 
experience of fishing on the loch, of which he knows every bay and 
inlet, stated that there is a large cairn of stones in the loch just south 
of Doune and another opposite Rowchoish—the one investigated by 
Mr. Robertson, Inversnaid. The Mill Cairn, in Ross Bay, he is sure 
is artificial. On the west side of the loch Mr. Macdermott mentions 
a large cairn in Luss Bay, just north of the pier, and another between 
the two points of Straddan Bay, with a third just south of this last. 
Mr. Henry Lamont, Secretary of the Loch Lomond Fishing Associa- 
tion, confirms all the above suggestions, and repeated his assurance 
that Insh Galbraith would be found to be artificial. Mr. Macdermott 
suggested further examples, such as the cairn in Rossdhu Bay, and 
another south of this and midway between Auchintullich House and 
the burn. He agrees with Mr. Lynn in suggesting the cairn opposite 
Auchinheglish, and also the one opposite Cameron Point; while he 
well remembers the occasion when Dr. Robert Munro and Mr. David 
MacRitchie examined the island opposite Strathcashel Point. Dr. 
Munro, the author of several well-known works on artificial islands 
and the greatest living authority on the subject, informs me that it 
