Tangy Loch (3)
Still haven't seen me!

The view of the island from the north-west.  The splodge of pink is a clump of Willowherb.

A 1935 report stated that 'under favourable conditions what appears to be a submerged causeway, paved with large stones, can be observed connecting the SW sector of the island with the SW shore of the loch.'  (The south-west 'sector' of the island is where the logs have grounded, but there is no sign of a causeway today!).  

Further back in time, in 1938, a local writer wrote that &quot;in summer the island may be reached without a boat, but in winter it is inaccessible without some aid&quot;, presumably another reference to a causeway.

Canmore went on to say that the causeway &quot;could not be located at the date of visit&quot; and then in the very next sentence wrote &quot;the present depth of water over the causeway, which is said to vary from about 1.8m to 2.4m, would render such a causeway useless.&quot;  I'm  not quite sure how they determined the water depth over the non-existent causeway, but I guess the main point here is that if there was a causeway, it was further submerged when the loch level was raised.
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