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Kinlochbervie, a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish in Eddrachillis parisb, NW Sutherland. The hamlet lies on the lower part of the N side of Loch Inchard, 3¾ miles NW of Rhiconich and 45 NW of Lairg, under which it has a post office. Constituted by ecclesiastical authority in 1834, and reconstituted by civil authority in 1846, the parish is in the presbytery of Tongue and synod of Sutherland and Caithness; the living is worth £175. The parish church was built in 1829, and contains 350 sittings. There is also a Free church. Pop. (1871) 882, (1881) 920, of whom 859 were Gaelic-speaking.—Ord. Sur., sh. 113, 1882.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sutherland ScoCnty |
| Place: | Kinlochbervie |
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