Lake of Menteith
Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome, is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake in Stirling, Scotland, UK, outflows east to Googie Water
- Also known as: “Lake Monteith” and “Lake of Monteith”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inchmahome and Inchtalla.
Inchmahome
Island
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Inchmahome, an anglicisation of Innis Mo Cholmaig, is the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, in Stirlingshire.
Inchtalla
Islet
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Inchtalla or Inch Talla is an island in the Loch or Lake of Menteith in central Scotland. Its name derives from the Gaelic words innis and "talla". The entire island is dominated by Talla Castle, which appears to have been built in the 18th century.
Talla Castle
Castle
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Talla Castle, also known as Inch Talla or Inchtalla Castle, was a 15th-century castle on Inchtalla upon Lake of Menteith, Scotland. The castle was built by Malise Graham, Earl of Mentieth starting in 1427.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arnprior and Buchlyvie.
Arnprior
Village
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Arnprior is a hamlet in the Stirling council area of Scotland on the A811 about 12 miles west of Stirling and is one of the smallest community council districts in the region. Arnprior is situated 3½ miles southeast of Lake of Menteith.
Buchlyvie
Village
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Buchlyvie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated 14 miles west of Stirling and 18 miles north of Glasgow. Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells. Buchlyvie is situated 3½ miles south of Lake of Menteith.
Aberfoyle
Village
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Aberfoyle is a village in the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The settlement lies 27 miles northwest of Glasgow. Aberfoyle is situated 4 miles west of Lake of Menteith.
Lake of Menteith
- Category: body of water
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Lake of Menteith” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Menteitheko aintzira”
- Cebuano: “Lake of Menteith”
- Dutch: “Lake of Menteith”
- Esperanto: “Fjordo de Menteith”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Menteith”
- French: “Lac de Menteith”
- French: “Lake Monteith”
- French: “Lake of Menteith”
- French: “Lake of Monteith”
- German: “Lake of Menteith”
- German: “Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig”
- German: “Loch of Menteith”
- German: “See Menteith”
- Irish: “Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig”
- Italian: “Lago di Menteith”
- Italian: “Lake of Menteith”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake of Menteith”
- Russian: “Лейк-оф-Ментейт”
- Russian: “Лэйк-оф-Ментейт”
- Russian: “Ментейт”
- Russian: “Ментит”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lake of Menteith”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Innis MoCholmaig”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch of Menteith”
- Spanish: “Lago de Menteith”
- Swedish: “Lake of Menteith”
- Venetian: “lago de Menteith”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Inchie Hill and Keir Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake of Menteith”. Photo: Brian Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.