Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Morvern (or Morven)

Morvern (or Morven), par., NW. Argyllshire, forming a peninsula between Lochs Sunart and Linnhe, 90,737 ac., pop. 828; P.O, T.O.; contains the islands of Carna and Oronsay. Morvern is the scene of Recollections of a Highland Parish, a work of Norman Macleod, D.D. (1812-1872).


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Morvern ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place names: MORVEN     |     MORVERN     |     MORVERN OR MORVEN
Place: Morvern

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