Tarbert is a town in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and also Bute council area. It is constructed around East Loch Tarbert, an inlet of Loch Fyne, as well as extends over the isthmus which connects the peninsula of Kintyre to Knapdale as well as 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 critical point guarding accessibility to Kintyre as well as the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised form of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which actually translates as "carrying throughout" as well as describes the narrowest strip of land between 2 bodies of water over which items or whole watercrafts can be lugged (portage). In cargoes were discharged from vessels berthed in one loch, transported over the isthmus to the various other loch, loaded onto vessels berthed there and also delivered onward, 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 safeguarded 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 mess up of the last of these castles, Tarbert Castle, still exists and controls Tarbert's skyline. Around the year 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship lugged throughout the isthmus at Tarbert to represent his possession of the Western Isles. In spite of its difference as a strategic stronghold throughout the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic prosperity came throughout the Very early Modern period, as the port became a fishing community. At its height, the Loch Fyne herring fishery drew in numerous vessels to Tarbert.