Ellan-Vow, an islet of Arrochar parish, Dumbartonshire, towards the head of Loch Lomond , 2 ½ miles N by W of Inversnaid. It is beautifully wooded, and some of its trees are very old, said to have been planted by King Robert Bruce. It also contains ruins of an ancient fortalice of the Macfarlanes; and a vault beneath the ruins was inhabited, early in the present century, by an ascetic of the Macfarlane clan, and bears the name of the Hermit's Cave.Ord. Sur., sh. 38, 1871.
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