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Morar, a territorial district and a lake of W Inverness-shire. The district is bounded N by Loch Nevis, E by the district of Lochiel, S by Arasaig, and W by the Sound of Sleat. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 19 miles; and its breadth varies between 4 and 9. Loch Morar bisects a great part of it lengthwise, and divides it into two nearly equal sections, which are called respectively North and -South Morar. The lake, which is 11¾ miles long and from 5 furlongs to 1¾ mile broad, is overhung nearly all round, and, at a very brief distance, by water shedding Highland heights. Its foot is ' very prettily wooded-a pleasant contrast to the wilder scenery of the upper end. The shore here is much indented; and there are two or three picturesque islands, on the largest of which, in the hollow of a tree, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, found a hiding-place in June 1746.' On the E Loch Morar is fed by streamlets coming from the lochlets Beoraich and Anamack; and it discharges its superfluence on the W by a stream of only a few furlongs in length into a small bay. Its waters contain good store of salmon, sea-trout, and loch trout. North Morar belongs to the parish of Glenelg, South Morar to that of Ardnamurchan; and both are included, in a large sense, in the comprehensive district of Lochaber. Morar is mainly peopled by Roman Catholics; and in 1837 was provided, by voluntary subscription, with a new Roman Catholic chapel at Bracara. Morar, 43 miles WNW of Fort William, is the seat of Eneas Ronald Macdonell, Esq. (b. 1822), who holds 3000 acres in Inverness-shire, valued at £671 per annum. See an article by Capt. T. P. White on p. 634 of Good Words (1874).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a territorial district" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Inverness Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Morar |
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