Damp Proofing in Tarbert

Tarbert

Tarbert is a town in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and also Bute council location. It is developed around East Loch Tarbert, an inlet of Loch Fyne, as well as crosses the isthmus which links the peninsula of Kintyre to Knapdale and West Loch Tarbert. Tarbert had a recorded population of 1,338 in the 2001 Census. Tarbert has a lengthy background both as a harbour and also as a tactical point player accessibility to Kintyre and the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised form of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which actually converts as "bring across" and also describes the narrowest strip of land in between 2 bodies of water over which goods or entire boats can be carried (portage). In past times freights were released from vessels berthed in one loch, transported over the isthmus to the other loch, packed onto vessels berthed there and shipped forward, permitting seafarers to prevent the sail around the Mull of Kintyre. Tarbert was anciently part of the Gaelic overkingdom of Dál Riata and safeguarded by 3 castles-- in the village centre, ahead of the West Loch, and also on the south side of the East Loch. The spoil of the last of these castles, Tarbert Castle, still exists and controls Tarbert's sky line. Around the year 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship carried throughout the isthmus at Tarbert to indicate his possession of the Western Isles. Regardless of its distinction as a strategic fortress throughout the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic success came during the Early Modern period, as the port developed into an angling community. At its height, the Loch Fyne herring fishery drew in hundreds of vessels to Tarbert.