Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Barrisdale like this:

Barrisdale, a mansion in Glenelg parish, W Invernessshire, at the head of Loch Hourn, 31 miles W by S of Fort Augustus.

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Travel writing

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