Tangy Loch (2)
They haven't seen me yet!

Islands such as this are typically near the shore, because that's where the shallower water tends to be, but Tangy Loch is clearly atypical.  Canmore states that the island is either partially or wholly artificial in origin.  The walls visible below the peaty waters of the loch are part of the castle (&quot;fortified dwelling&quot; - I shall stick to castle for simplicity) and are under water because the level of the loch is believed to have been raised about 1.2m towards the end of the 18th century, to improve the water supply to Tangy Mill, further down the glen.

Canmore go on to say: &quot;Traces of two sub-rectangular stone buildings, now represented only by ruined turf-covered walls, occupy the central raised area of the island.  The northern building (north is to the right of the photo) is approximately square on plan and measures about 6.4m from NW to SE by about 5.5m transversely over all.  The NE wall appears to have been repaired in dry-stone masonry within fairly recent times, and now stands to a maximum height of three or four courses. Its existing width of 0.6m is unlikely to represent the true wall-thickness of the building, for a trial trench cut through the SW wall at the date of visit revealed a thickness of some 0.9m.  The original masonry seems to have been laid without the use of lime mortar. Nothing can be made of the internal arrangement of the building, but there are traces of what appears to be an entrance doorway towards the NW end of the SW wall.  The circular depression within the S corner of the building is probably of recent origin and may have been a stance for shooting wildfowl.  The southern building is even more ruinous than its neighbour. It appears to have measured about 8.5m from NW to SE, by about 5.0m transversely over all. The corners are noticeably rounded.&quot;
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