Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Inversnaid

Inversnaid, hamlet with inn and pier (and ferry to Inveruglas, opposite), Buchanan par., Stirlingshire, on E. side of Loch Lomond, and at mouth of Arklet Water, 3 miles NE. of Tarbet, 4¾ miles SE. of Ardlui pier (at head of loch), and 5 miles SW. of Stronachlachar Hotel (on Loch Katrine); P.O.; in vicinity is Inversnaid Lodge; 1 mile NE. is the ruined Garrison of Inversnaid, erected in 1713 to check the turbulence of the Macgregors; behind the inn, on Arklet Water, is Inversnaid Waterfall, the scene of Wordsworth's Highland Girl.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet with inn"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Buchanan ScoP       Stirlingshire ScoCnty
Place: Inversnaid

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