Tarbert
Tarbert is a village in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and Bute council area. It is developed around East Loch Tarbert, an inlet of Loch Fyne, and also extends over the isthmus which connects the peninsula of Kintyre to Knapdale as well as West Loch Tarbert. Tarbert had actually a recorded population of 1,338 in the 2001 Census. Tarbert has a lengthy background both as a harbour and also as a strategic point player accessibility to Kintyre as well as the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised form of the Gaelic word tairbeart, which actually equates as "carrying throughout" and also refers to the narrowest strip of land in between 2 bodies of water over which goods or entire boats can be lugged (portage). In cargoes were released from vessels berthed in one loch, carried over the isthmus to the other loch, packed onto vessels berthed there and also shipped forward, enabling seafarers to avoid the sail around the Mull of Kintyre. Tarbert was anciently part of the Gaelic overkingdom of Dál Riata and also protected by three castles-- in the village centre, at the head of the West Loch, and also 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 sky line. Around the year 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship brought throughout the isthmus at Tarbert to signify his property of the Western Isles. Regardless of its difference as a tactical stronghold throughout the Middle Ages, Tarbert's socioeconomic success came during the Very early Modern period, as the port turned into an angling community. At its elevation, the Loch Fyne herring fishery attracted thousands of vessels to Tarbert.