Inchmahome Island
The Lake of Menteith is located in the Carse of Stirling, a flood plain at the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith. The name is believed to be due to a corruption by 16th-century Dutch cartographers of the Lowland Scots Laich o Menteith, where “laich” simply means “low place” since Loch is the common term but it could also have been changed after the area became a popular tourist attraction in the 19th century, due to the writings of Walter Scott and the arrival of influx of English railway visitors.
The largest island on the lake is Inchmahome, home to Inchmahome Priory, an ancient monastery founded in 1238 for a small community of Augustinian monks. The priory was built; church first with impressive processional doorway, a bell tower in the nave, choir with an unusual three-seat sedilia, cloister buildings and chapter house. The site is now maintained by Historic Scotland with a small ferry to take visitors to the buildings remains.