Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Blackmount

Blackmount, a deer forest in the Appin district of Argyllshire, between the heads of Lochs Etive and Laidon. The property of Lord Breadalbane, it affords the finest shooting and stalking in Scotland, and in 1881 was sub-let to Sir Henry Alsopp for £4000.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a deer forest"   (ADL Feature Type: "reserves")
Administrative units: Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Black Mount

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