Tarbert
Tarbert is a town in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and Bute council area. 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 as a strategic point guarding access to Kintyre and the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised type of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which literally translates as "carrying throughout" as well as describes the narrowest strip of land between 2 bodies of water over which products or whole watercrafts can be carried (portage). In hobbies freights were released from vessels berthed in one loch, hauled over the isthmus to the various other loch, filled 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 shielded 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 as well as controls Tarbert's horizon. Around the year 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship lugged across the isthmus at Tarbert to symbolize his property of the Western Isles. Despite its distinction as a strategic fortress during the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic success came during the Early Modern duration, as the port turned into a fishing community. At its elevation, the Loch Fyne herring fishery brought in numerous vessels to Tarbert.
