Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tarbat

Tarbat, par., in extreme NE. of Ross and Cromarty, 6787 ac., pop. 1878; the church is at Portmahomack; on Tarbat Ness, between Dornoch Firth and Moray Firth, is a lighthouse 134 ft. high, with intermittent light 175 ft. above high water and seen 18 miles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tarbat ScoP       Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty
Place: Tarbat

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