Misplaced Pages

Loch Gruinart
Loch Gruinneard (Scottish Gaelic)
Loch Gruinart and marsh fringe near the Allt a Ghil inflow
Loch Gruinart
Coordinates	55°52′N 6°19′W / 55.867°N 6.317°W / 55.867; -6.317
Type	Sea Loch
Frozen	No

Loch Gruinart (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Gruinneard from the Old Norse, meaning "shallow fjord") is a sea loch on the northern coast of isle of Islay in Scotland. Land at the head of the loch, Gruinart Flats, is a designated nature reserve owned by the RSPB. It is an important winter roosting site for barnacle geese. Ardnave Point is a coastal promontory near the mouth of the loch on the northwest of Islay.

The Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart was fought on the sands at the south end of the loch on 5 August 1598 between a force from Mull led by Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean of Duart and the Islay men led by Sir James MacDonald, 9th of Dunnyveg, son of Angus MacDonald of Dunyvaig and the Glens, in which Macleans were defeated and all killed, including Sir Lachlan, save one who survived by swimming to Nave Island.

The pìobaireachd Lament for Sir Lachlan Mor harks back to this battle which was also remembered in Islay folklore.

References

1. Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
2. Angus Macdonald; Archibald Macdonald (1900). The Clan Donald, Volume 2. A fierce battle was fought at a place called Traigh Ghruinneart, at the head of Loch Gruinneart. The Macdonald leader is said to have displayed some strategy at the beginning of the day. ...

External links

• Map sources for Loch Gruinart

• "About Loch Gruinart". RSPB. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
• "RSPB Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve". Isle of Islay. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
• link

v t e Islay
Villages	Ardbeg Ardilistry Ardtalla Ballygrant Bowmore Bridgend Bruichladdich Bunnahabhain Easter Ellister Kilchiaran Kilchoman Kilmeny Lagavulin Nerabus Port Askaig Port Charlotte Port Ellen Portnahaven
Geographical features	Ardnave Point Aros Bay Beinn Bheigeir Bowmore Sandstone Group Claggain Bay Colonsay Group Eilean Mhic Coinnich Gruinart Flats Lagavulin Bay Loch an t-Sailein Loch Gruinart Loch Indaal Machir Bay The Oa Rhinns complex Rinns of Islay River Laggan Sound of Islay
History and architecture	Battle of Benbigrie Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart Battle of Epiphany Cenél nÓengusa Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg Clark Cottage Dun Bhruichlinn Dun Guaidhre Dun Nosebridge Dunlossit House Dunyvaig Castle Finlaggan Islay Charter Islay House Islay LIMPET Islay Woollen Mill Kildalton Castle Kilarrow Parish Church RAF Kilchiaran Kildalton Cross Loch Gorm Castle Margadale Mulindry House Ramsay Hall, Port Ellen St John's Church, Port Ellen
Islay whisky	Ardbeg Ardnahoe Bowmore Bruichladdich Bunnahabhain Caol Ila Kilchoman Lagavulin Laphroaig Port Charlotte Port Ellen
Other Islay related articles	Islay Airport Machrie golf course MV Finlaggan Sorex araneus grantii Westering Home Western Isles Open Championship

v t e RSPB reserves in Scotland
Abernethy Forest Ailsa Craig Balranald Nature Reserve Coll Copinsay Corrimony Culbin Sands Dunnet Head Fetlar Fidra Forsinard Flows Fowlsheugh Glenborrodale Hoy Insh Marshes Inversnaid Loch Garten Loch Gruinart Loch of Strathbeg Loch Ruthven Lochs of Spiggie and Brow Lochwinnoch Mill Dam Mousa Mull of Galloway Nigg Bay The Oa Sumburgh Head Trumland
Scotland portal

This Argyll and Bute location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Landforms of Islay
• Sea lochs of Scotland
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in Scotland
• Protected areas of Argyll and Bute
• Lochs of Argyll and Bute
• Argyll and Bute geography stubs