The Silver Strand. L Katrine [Loch Katrine]

Category

Library Item

Item no

24479

Title

The Silver Strand. L Katrine [Loch Katrine]

Description

A narrow strip of pebbled beach can be seen extending into the dark water of Loch Katrine. Woodland surrounds the banks of the loch whilst tall, rocky peaks rise in the background.

Artist / maker

Valentine, James

Date

1865

Size

11.6 x 17.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Silver Strand is a narrow strip of beach, known for the brightness of the white stones that are on it. The name comes from Sir Walter Scott's work, The Lady of the Lady, as does nearby Ellen's Isle, as the work was set on Loch Katrine.

Loch Katrine is located within the Trossachs National Park, near Callender, in Stirlingshire. It is Scotland's eleventh largest loch, being is just over 8 miles in length down the centre of the Z shaped loch surface whilst the shoreline is about 22 miles in length.

In Victorian times the loch was enlarged and a pipeline installed as a means of supplying water to the City of Glasgow and its surrounding areas, something that it is still used for to this day under the ownership of Scottish Water. In enlarging the loch, the water level was raised and the Silver Strand was submerged and lost.

Loch Katrine is also famous for being the birthplace of Rob Roy, the Scots equivalent of Robin Hood, who was born on the bank of Loch Katrine. The loch is also known through the paintings and sketches of Joseph Mallord William Turner, some of which pictures can be seen in the Tate Galleries in London.

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Landscape > Land > Mountains

Landscape > Land > Woods and forests

Landscape > Water > Loch, lakes and ponds

Places > Scotland > Stirlingshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

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