Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Luss. You may be able to find further references to Luss in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Luss	a village and a parish	Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Luss.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Bannachra	hamlet	Bartholomew
Bendhu or Bendubh	a mountain	Groome
Ben Eich	a mountain	Groome
Benglass	a mountain	Groome
Ben Glass	mountain	Bartholomew
Ben Ruisg	a mountain	Groome
Ben Ruisg	hill	Bartholomew
Camstradden	a bay	Groome
Camstradden	bay	Bartholomew
Douglas Water	a burn	Groome
Doune	a mountain	Groome
Dumfin	an eminence	Groome
Finlas	a streamlet	Groome
Inchconnachan or Colqulvoun's Island	an islet	Groome
Inchgalbraith	island	Bartholomew
Inchgalbraith	a tiny islet	Groome
Inchionaig	island	Bartholomew
Inchlonaig	an island	Groome
Inchmoan	island	Bartholomew
Inchtavannach or Monk's Island	an islet	Groome
Inveruglas	hamlet with inn	Bartholomew
Inveruglas	a hamlet	Groome
Muirland	school	Bartholomew
Rossdhu	seat	Bartholomew
Rossdhu	the seat	Groome

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Luss within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
Thomas Pennant	September 5-17: Inveraray to Edinburgh	5
Thomas Pennant	Appendix VII: Of the Massacre of the Colquhouns	2
Thomas Pennant	July 24-31: Fife and Perthshire	1
Thomas Pennant	Appendix VIII: Itinerary	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Camstradden	0	2
Lomond	0	3
Rowardennan	0	2
Inchcailloch	0	2
Inchmurrin	0	1
Balmaha	0	2
Firkin	0	3
Bannachra	0	2
Fruin	0	2
Buchanan	0	2
Helensburgh	0	2
Tarbet	0	2
Shandon	0	2
Jamestown	0	2
Drymen	0	2
Ardencaple	0	2
Arrochar	0	2
Rhu	0	2
Loch Long	0	2
Alexandria	0	2