Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Melfort, Loch

Melfort, Loch, sea-loch, Kilninver and Kilmelford par., Argyllshire, opposite Luing island; at NE. head of loch is Melfort House, seat, 15 miles N. of Kilmartin; 3 miles SW., on N. side of loch, is Melfort Cottage, seat; N. of Melfort House, on road from Oban to Ford, is the picturesque Pass of Melfort; Melfort gives titles to the Earl of Perth.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "sea-loch"   (ADL Feature Type: "fjords")
Administrative units: Kilninver and Kilmelfort ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place names: LOCH MELFORT     |     MELFORT     |     MELFORT LOCH
Place: Melfort

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