Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ardnamurchan

Ardnamurchan, par. and hamlet, W. Argyllshire and Inverness-shire, estimated area 216,969 ac., pop. 4100; P.O. The headland of Ardnamurchan Point, the most westerly point of the mainland of Scotland, has a lighthouse (fixed right, seen 18 miles), built in 1849.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ardnamurchan ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Ardnamurchan

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