Tarbert
Tarbert is a village in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and also Bute council area. It is developed around East Loch Tarbert, an inlet of Loch Fyne, as well as extends over the isthmus which connects the peninsula of Kintyre to Knapdale and West Loch Tarbert. Tarbert had actually a recorded population of 1,338 in the 2001 Census. Tarbert has a long history both as a harbour and as a strategic point player access to Kintyre and the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised kind of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which actually translates as "lugging across" and also describes the narrowest strip of land between 2 bodies of water over which products or whole boats can be lugged (portage). In cargoes were discharged from vessels berthed in one loch, hauled over the isthmus to the other loch, packed onto vessels berthed there and also delivered forward, permitting seafarers to stay clear of the sail around the Mull of Kintyre. Tarbert was anciently part of the Gaelic overkingdom of Dál Riata and shielded by 3 castles-- in the village centre, at the head of the West Loch, as well as on the south side of the East Loch. The destroy of the last of these castles, Tarbert Castle, still exists and also controls Tarbert's sky line. Around the year 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship lugged across the isthmus at Tarbert to indicate his property of the Western Isles. Regardless of its distinction as a tactical fortress throughout the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic success came during the Early Modern period, as the port developed into a fishing community. At its height, the Loch Fyne herring fishery attracted numerous vessels to Tarbert.