A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Kintyre, peninsula in S. of Argyllshire, between the Firth of Clyde and the Atlantic, attached to Knapdale by the isthmus of Tarbert; is 40 miles long, has an average breadth of 7 miles, and is traversed by a range of hills descending on either side to belts of low sea-board. The principal industries are dairy-farming, fishing, and distilling. Kintyre was the seat of the Dalriadan kingdom, and formed part of the dominions of the Lords of the Isles. At its SW. extremity the peninsula terminates in the Mull of Kintyre, the nearest point of Great Britain to Ireland, from which it is distant only 13 miles; it is crowned with a lighthouse 38 ft. high, with fixed light (Mull of Cantyre) 297 ft. above high water and seen 24 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "peninsula" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Argyll ScoCnty |
| Place: | Kintyre |
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