INCH-MARNOCK, an island, in the parish of Rothesay,
and lying in the Firth of Clyde, 2 miles distant
(W.) from the Isle of Bute. This island, which is
situated opposite to St. Ninian's Point in the bay of
that name, was anciently a settlement of Culdee monks.
It was subsequently granted by Roderick of Cantyre to
the monastery of Cantyre, about the year 1229, before
the erection of Rothesay into a parish; and continued to
form a part of that establishment till the Reformation.
Inch-Marnock is two miles in length and half a mile in
breadth, and comprises 560 acres, of which 120 are
arable, and the remainder moorland and pasture. The
surface is pleasing; and near the eastern shore are the
remains of a chapel dedicated to St. Marnock.