A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Glenkinglass, a glen in Ardchattan parish, Argyllshire, traversed by the Kinglass, a capital salmon and trout stream, which, rising on the northern skirt of Bennan-Aighfan, at an altitude of 2200 feet above sea-level, curves 12½ miles east-south-eastward, south-westward, and west-by-northward, till it falls into Loch Etive, at a point 5 miles NE by N of Bunawe. So winding is the glen that little of it can be seen from Loch Etive; Inverkinglass, at its foot, had once an iron smelting furnace, some vestiges of which still exist. The N side of the glen is bleak and rocky, but the S yields excellent pasture. A pine forest covered a large portion of its area, but was cut down towards the middle of last century to serve as fuel for the iron furnace.—Ord. Sur., sh 45, 1876.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a glen" (ADL Feature Type: "valleys") |
| Administrative units: | Ardchattan ScoP Argyll ScoCnty |
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