Overview of Inversnaid

A hamlet with a hotel situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond. There are spectacular views across the loch to the Arrochar 'Alps' and nearby are the rock pools and water falls of the Snaid Burn. The locality provided inspiration for the poets William Wordsworth and Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Sir Walter Scott passed this way in 1792 and 1828. Rob Roy Macgregor acquired land at Inversnaid and a barracks was erected here in 1719 to control the Jacobite districts after the 1715 rebellion. Inversnaid is located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Aberfoyle. It is linked by road to Stronachlar on Loch Katrine and to the east is a farmstead known as the Garrison of Inversnaid which incorporates the remains of a military Barracks built in 1718-19. The West Highland Way passes through Inversnaid and a mile to the north by the loch side is Rob Roy's Cave, a refuge often used by Rob Roy Macgregor.