Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Roseneath

Roseneath, par. and vil., Dumbartonshire - par. (forming a peninsula between Loch Long and Gare Loch), 8461 ac., pop. 1994; vil., on W. shore of Gare Loch, 2½ miles W. of Helensburgh; P.O., T.O.; has a quay for the Clyde steamers. Roseneath Castle, a seat of the Duke of Argyll, is 1 mile SE. of vil.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rosneath ScoP       Dunbartonshire ScoCnty
Place: Rosneath

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