Tarbert
Tarbert is a town in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and Bute council location. It is built around East Loch Tarbert, an inlet of Loch Fyne, and also extends over 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 long background both as a harbour and also as a critical point player access to Kintyre and also the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised type of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which essentially translates as "bring throughout" as well as describes the narrowest strip of land in between two bodies of water over which products or entire boats can be lugged (portage). In past times cargoes were released from vessels berthed in one loch, carried over the isthmus to the other loch, packed onto vessels berthed there and also delivered onward, enabling seafarers to prevent the sail around the Mull of Kintyre. Tarbert was anciently part of the Gaelic overkingdom of Dál Riata and protected by three castles-- in the town centre, at the head of the West Loch, as well as 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 lugged across the isthmus at Tarbert to signify his ownership of the Western Isles. Despite its distinction as a strategic garrison during the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic prosperity came during the Very early Modern duration, as the port developed into an angling community. At its height, the Loch Fyne herring fishery brought in numerous vessels to Tarbert.
