Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rowardennan

Rowardennan, an hotel in Buchanan parish, Stirling- shire, on the E shore of Loch Lomond, opposite Inveruglas ferry, 4 miles S of the summit of Ben Lomond, and 9½ N of Balloch. It adjoins a steamboat pier; is the best starting-place for the ascent of Ben Lomond; and furnishes guides and well-trained ponies for parties making the ascent.—Ord. Sur., sh. 38, 1871. Rowcan. See Roucan.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an hotel"   (ADL Feature Type: "buildings")
Administrative units: Buchanan ScoP       Stirlingshire ScoCnty
Place: Rowardennan

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