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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 53 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets XCVII, XCVIII, CIX, CX, CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, CXXIX, CXXX, CXXXI, CXXXII, OS1/2/53

Continued entries/extra info

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Loch Avich Continued

Several islands upon one of
which there are the Ruins of
a Castle, where the Water eagle
at one time resorted, wild duck
& other Waterfowl still frequent
this Loch. Anciently Called
"Loch luina"

"Lochavich anciently called Lochluina, and which discharges itself
into Loch Awe by the stream or water of Avich already noticed, is a beautiful
sheet of water of a triangular form, about 8 miles in circumference, full
of trout, having one Castle & several islands.
Many places in the neighbourhood of this Loch are named after
some of Ossian's heroes".
New Statistical Account

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 53 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets XCVII, XCVIII, CIX, CX, CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, CXXIX, CXXX, CXXXI, CXXXII, OS1/2/53

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Craignish, Inveraray, Kilchrenan and Dalavich, Kilmartin, Kilmore and Kilbride, Kilninver and Kilmelfort.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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