'We expect significant interest from national and international buyers.'. It is rumoured to have been popular with smugglers, with its woodland and craggy shoreline an ideal hiding place for contraband. AI scanners monitor pedestrian's social distancing, Prince William turned off Attenborough doc after George got sad, Coronavirus: Northern public have say on potential pub closures, Trump speaks to his 'favorite people in the world: the seniors', Davidson confronts Nicola Sturgeon for 'misleading Parliament', Minister says spread of Coronavirus is 'getting out of control', Moment Sikh activist is fined £10,000 for breaching Covid regulations. Literacy at the site was attested by a number of fragments with practice writing, as well as one example with a piece of readable text. Inchmarnock Water connects the Sound of Bute and the Kilbrannan Sound in the south to Loch Fyne and the Kyles of Bute in the north. It is around 3.5 kilometres (2 1⁄4 mi) long and rises to a height of 60 metres (197 ft). There is also five miles of beachfront on the island, Scottish monk St Marnock is said to have lived on the island and to have built the island's chapel and several stone fragments of Celtic crosses have been found nearby, Pictured is the ground plan of the four-bedroom house. Inchmarnock is 2.5 miles long, half-a-mile wide and has 4.75 miles of coastline. Excavation to the north of St Marnock's church revealed the remains of what is interpreted as an early monastic enclosure, together with a number of workshops and an exceptional number of pieces of inscribed slate. The 9th Scottish Commando and the French Canadians used Inchmarnock for tank landing craft in preparation for D-Day. Inchmarnock lies to the west of the Isle of Bute at the northern end of the Sound of Bute. Two conjoining fragments of incised slate had a particularly interesting series of images. Chris Lowe, the project director, indicates there has been extensive discussion on the meaning of this scene and highlights the difference in the stance and attitude of the three figures on the right of the stone compared to the one on the left. Inchmarnock, a 10-minute ferry ride from the seaside town of Rothesay, is on sale for the same price as a house in London. 'There is already a successful farming enterprise and a lovely family home on the nearby shore of Bute but there is significant potential to build up the sportings, develop the existing residential offering and to capitalise on the various amenities offered by the island such as the native woodland, watersports and fishing. Inchmarnock is an uninhabited island in Scotland on sale for £1.4million (Picture: Strutt&Parker/BNPS) Inchmarnock, an uninhabited island in Scotland, is now on sale for £1.4million. It includes a lounge, four bedrooms - two with ensuite bathrooms, a kitchen and utility room and two other bathrooms. The island is used for sporting purposes as well as grazing for a herd of Highland cattle. Together the piece measures 180 by 120 by 12 mm (7 by 4 3⁄4 by 1⁄2 in), although it was perhaps originally slightly bigger and a portion of it may have been lost. In its farming heyday the 660 acre island, a ten-minute ferry ride from the seaside town of Rothesay - had a population of 41. The owners have put it on the market with estate agents Strutt & Parker. It is partially wooded and has sea caves at the north and the south and two tiny lochans inland. Pictured is the living room in the main house, The skeleton of the Queen of the Inch was taking away for carbon dating and has now been replaced behind panes of glass in its original location, It is rumoured to have been popular with smugglers, with its woodland and craggy shoreline an ideal hiding place for contraband. In the 19th century, legend has it an alcoholic from Bute was banished alone to Inchmarnock to overcome her addiction. Inchmarnock is home to the largest colony of herring gulls in the Firth of Clyde. Other inscribed slates from the site provide insights into the dress, weaponry, buildings and ship technology of the time. It is not to be confused with Inchmarnock in Aberdeenshire. Disgraced NRL star Jarryd Hayne puts his luxury $2.35million... Three rare family drawings sketched by Queen Victoria in... Silicon Valley 'hobbit village' featuring mountain views,... Chinese parents cry inconsolably as they finally find their son, 'I feel disabled': Long Covid sufferer's on life since falling ill, One of BA's last two Boeing 747 planes lands in Kemble, 'My grandfather and father inspired me': Prince William on initiative, Animal circus trainer caught 'dragging exhausted dog by the collar', Big Brother? Inchmarnock, an uninhabited 660-acre island with a four-bedroom farmhouse and its own ferry has gone on sale for just £1.4million, The island, which is on sale for the same amount as a terraced house in London, is just a ten-minute ferry ride from seaside town Rothesay, It's last permanent resident left in 1986 and since 1999 it has been used as a holiday home by the couple who currently own it, They are now selling the entire isle that that comes with the four-bedroom house and several uninhabited buildings as well as a farm, Inchmarnock is 2.5 miles long, half-a-mile wide and has 4.75 miles of coastline. An alternative interpretation is put forward by Katherine Forsyth of the University of Glasgow, who suggests that the scene may represent the procession of a reliquary by an ecclesiastical figure, with the armed individuals providing protection. Pictured is the kitchen in the main house. A dedicated ferry, MV Marnock, was built locally (at Ardmaleish on Bute) to provide a service to the island. There are clear indications that the monks who resided on the island were teaching novices the various skills expected of young monastic scholars. Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump is 'clearly under medication' which puts him 'in an altered state' as she trolls him with plan for commission to remove unfit presidents from office using 25th Amendment but NOT him! My idea of heaven.....absolutely beautiful. Inchmarnock, at the northern end of the Sound of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, is the prefect location for anyone looking to escape from it all. [4], During World War II, when Bute was being used for extensive military training, the 9th Scottish Commando and the French Canadians used Inchmarnock as part of Bute's training exercises for tank landing craft in preparation for D-Day.[6]. It includes examples of abstract designs and casual graffiti but also what are clearly practice pieces for the composition of more complex designs. In the 19th century, legend has it an alcoholic from Bute was banished alone to Inchmarnock to overcome her addiction. [9], Today, Inchmarnock is run as an organic farm and a population of organic Highland cattle has been introduced. In his recent work on the excavation,[9]. He has also lent his name to a number of other locations: At the northern end of the island a Bronze Age cist contains the remains of a female skeleton, the Queen of the Inch. [4], Local legend has it that in the 19th century drunks from Rothesay were left on Inchmarnock to dry out by means of "isolation and deprivation". The remains were removed for carbon dating and are now displayed behind a pane of glass in their original position. Alternatively, the name may simply be a dedication to Ernán and reflect the patron saint the monks on the island followed. [10], Coordinates: 55°47′27″N 5°09′35″W / 55.79082°N 5.15974°W / 55.79082; -5.15974, "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands", Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two), "Isle of Bute's Contribution in Britain's War", Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inchmarnock&oldid=973454451, Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 August 2020, at 09:09. The island's name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic Innis Mheàrnaig meaning Island of Marnock. But its last permanent resident, a farmer, left there in 1986. Many of the slates were found in association with debris from metal-working processes.[8]. She lay in a stone cist wearing a black lignite necklace and carrying a flint dagger. The 9th Scottish Commando and the French Canadians used Inchmarnock for tank landing craft in preparation for D-Day. The island fell prey in the 8th century AD to Viking raids and it is believed victims of the 13th century Battle of Largs between Norway and Scotland were buried on it. The Inchmarnock Project was a seven-year study, commencing in 1999,[7] of the archaeology and history of the island from the earliest times down to the Improvements of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The island belongs to the traditional county of Bute and the modern unitary authority of Argyll and Bute. A farmer even discovered the remains of a local Bronze Age woman, the Queen of the Inch, on the island in the 1960s. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Among the inscriptions are examples of Gaelic, Latin and ogham script. The results of the Inchmarnock Project were published by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in September 2008. Inchmarnock (Isle of) County: Bute: Grid Reference: NS 020600: Acreage: 609: OS 1:50k Sheet: 63 Firth of Clyde: Owner: Sir Robert Haldane Smith: Owner Address: Cardiehill House Eshiels PEEBLES EH45 8NA: Property Address: Website: n/a: Further Information: n/a: Contacts: tel: 01721 724366: Registers of Scotland Sasines Search Sheet No.

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