Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Poltalloch

Poltalloch, the ancient seat of the Malcolm family, in Kilmartin parish, Argyllshire, on the eastern shore of Loch Craignish, 10 miles NNW of Lochgilphead. Its present proprietor, John Malcolm, Esq. (b. 1805; suc. 1857), holds 82, 579 acres in the shire, valued at £18, 200 per annum.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the ancient seat of the Malcolm family"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Kilmartin ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty

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