Tarbet, a hamlet in Arrochar parish, Dumbartonshire, on the western shore of Loch Lomond, 1¾ mile E by N of Arrochar village at the head of Loch Long. It has a steamboat pier and a large hotel. All the Loch Lomond steamers call at it; and many tourists pass from it across the isthmus to Arrochar. It stands on the road from Inveraray to Dumbarton by way of Luss.Ord. Sur., sh. 38, 1871.
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