Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Finlagan

Finlagan, a hill-girt loch in Killarrow and Kilmeny parish, Isle of Islay, Argyllshire, 4½ miles W by N of Port Askaig. Measuring 1 by ¼ mile, it sends off a rivulet of its own name to salt-water Loch Gruinard, and abounds with trout and salmon, the former averaging ½ lb. each. An islet in it is crowned by the ruins of the castle and chapel of the Macdonalds, Lords of the Isles; and on its shore are traces of a pier for communicating with the castle.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Killarow and Kilmeny ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty

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