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{{Short description|Island in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Scottish island
| location_map         = Scotland Stirling
| caption              = Ceardach shown within Stirling
| coordinates          = {{coord|56|5|32|N|4|35|13|W|region:GB_type:isle|display=title}}
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| Image                = Ceardach island - geograph.org.uk - 1332551.jpg
| ImageCaption         = The shore of Ceardach
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| meaning of name      = Smithy
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| Population           = 0
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| local authority      = [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
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'''Ceardach''' is a small uninhabited<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featuredetails15079.html|title=Ceardach |publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> island in [[Loch Lomond]], in west central Scotland. The island lies east of [[Bucinch]] and north of [[Inchcruin]]. The name ''Ceardach'' means a smithy.<ref name="islands">{{cite web| url=http://www.lochlomond-islands.com/page52.html| title=Ceardach 'The smithy'| publisher=Islands of Loch Lomond| accessdate=2009-08-04| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711094313/http://lochlomond-islands.com/page52.html| archivedate=2009-07-11| df=}}</ref>
== History ==
Ceardach may have been the site of an Iron Age bloomery or furnace for smelting iron ore.<ref name="islands"/>
Along with neighbour, [[Bucinch]], the island, was donated to the [[National Trust for Scotland]] by Col. Charles L. Spencer of Warmanbie, Dumfries, in 1943.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.aboutbritain.com/BucinchAndCeardach.htm| title=Bucinch & Ceardach| publisher=About Britain.com| accessdate=2008-09-25}}</ref>
== Flora ==
A large variety of trees and other plants grow on the island, from seeds brought by birds, wind and water. There is a mature if stunted oak tree, willow, holly, briar, and bramble.<ref name="islands"/>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Ceardach}}
{{Loch Lomond}}
[[Category:Islands of Loch Lomond]]
[[Category:National Trust for Scotland properties]]
[[Category:Iron Age sites in Scotland]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Stirling (council area)]]
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