Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balquhidder

Balquhidder, par. and vil., W. Perthshire, at E. end of Loch Voil, 3 miles W. of Lochearnhead ry. sta., 53,149 ac. (1474 water); quoad sacra par., 759 ac., pop. 627; P.O. The dist. is celebrated in Scottish song, and was the scene of many of the exploits of Rob Roy, whose tomb is in the graveyard.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Balquhidder ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty
Place: Balquhidder

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