The “Lake of the Island”. And on the island a castle. A castle that was unsuccessfully stormed by Jacobite troops in 1690. Long after that battle, ospreys nested there. King George V came, soon after his coronation in 1911, especially to view them1“The King in the Highlands.” Dundee Courier, 19 Sept. 1907, p. 6. British Library Newspapers, link-gale-com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/apps/doc/ID3227357264/GDCS?u=ed_itw&sid=GDCS&xid=b8e79615. Accessed 10 May 2021..
Apparently the loch was dammed to create artificial floods to float logs down the Milton Burn to the River Spey. This seems incredible and begs the question, is the water level now higher or the natural height? If it’s the natural height then the castle must have had wet footings. And the Milton Burn today was a piddling little stream.
- 1“The King in the Highlands.” Dundee Courier, 19 Sept. 1907, p. 6. British Library Newspapers, link-gale-com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/apps/doc/ID3227357264/GDCS?u=ed_itw&sid=GDCS&xid=b8e79615. Accessed 10 May 2021.
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