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.
Barbreck, an estate, with the seat of Admiral Colin Yorke Campbell (10,369 acres, £2461 per annum), and with a girls' public school, in the NE of Craignish parish, Argyllshire, 14 miles NNW of Lochgilphead. Barbreck valley here is traversed by a brook down to the head of Loch Craignish; seems, at a recent period, to have been under the sea; is said to have been the scene of a battle between the Dalriadans and the Norsemen, fatal to a Scandinavian prince of the name of Olave; and contains a tumulus, which is alleged to mark that prince's grave.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an estate, with the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | Craignish ScoP Argyll ScoCnty |
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