Tarbert
Tarbert is a village in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and also Bute council location. It is constructed around East Loch Tarbert, an inlet of Loch Fyne, and also crosses the isthmus which links the peninsula of Kintyre to Knapdale and also West Loch Tarbert. Tarbert had a recorded population of 1,338 in the 2001 Census. Tarbert has a long background both as a harbour and also as a calculated point player access to Kintyre as well as the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised kind of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which literally translates as "lugging throughout" and also describes the narrowest strip of land in between two bodies of water over which goods or entire watercrafts can be brought (portage). In past times freights were released from vessels berthed in one loch, hauled over the isthmus to the various other loch, loaded onto vessels berthed there and also shipped onward, enabling seafarers to stay clear of the sail around the Mull of Kintyre. Tarbert was anciently part of the Gaelic overkingdom of Dál Riata and also safeguarded by 3 castles-- in the village centre, at the head of the West Loch, and on the south side of the East Loch. The destroy of the last of these castles, Tarbert Castle, still exists and dominates Tarbert's sky line. Around the year 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship lugged across the isthmus at Tarbert to signify his belongings of the Western Isles. Regardless of its difference as a calculated stronghold during the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic success came throughout the Early Modern period, as the port became an angling town. At its height, the Loch Fyne herring fishery brought in numerous vessels to Tarbert.
