Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Breadalbane

Breadalbane, mountainous and rugged dist. (33 miles by 31 miles), W. Perthshire, among the Grampian mountains, extending from Lochaber and Athol on the N. to Strathearn and Menteith on the S. It gives the title of Earl to a branch of the clan Campbell.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "mountainous and rugged district"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges")
Administrative units: Perthshire ScoCnty
Place: Breadalbane

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