Tarbet (Scottish Gaelic: An Tairbeart (in full Tairbeart Loch Laomainn)) is a small village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Traditionally on the northern fringes of the historic County of Dunbarton, it is on the banks of Loch Lomond, and has a pier. It stands on an isthmus where Loch Long and Loch Lomond come close. The village of Arrochar stands at the head of Loch Long, at the other side of the isthmus. Arrochar and Tarbet railway station, on the West Highland Line, stands between them.
Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic word for isthmus, although Tarbert is the more common anglicization, and Tarbat also exists.
The area around Arrochar and Tarbet has become the scene of "squirrel wars". The red squirrel is resisting the offensive by the grey squirrel taking place across Great Britain, since there is a type of woodland they find more favourable than most.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Red squirrel". Forestry Commission Great Britain. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/Redsquirrel. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ "List of red squirrel locations". Forestry Commission Great Britain. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/wildwoods.nsf/$$SearchMammal?Openform&OP=Mammals&PS=(FIELD+Country+CONTAINS+Scotland)+AND+(FIELD+Form+Contains+AccessPoint+or+Forest+or+Wood)+AND+(FIELD+Mammals+Contains+Red+squirrel). Retrieved 2008-06-05.
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Coordinates: 56°12′12″N 4°43′0″W / 56.20333°N 4.716667°W
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