Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Scarba

Scarba, island, Jura par., Inner Hebrides, Argyllshire, pop. 19; lies 1½ mile N. of Jura island and 3½ miles W. of Craignish on the mainland, measures 3½ by 3½ miles in extreme length and breadth, rises to an alt. of 1500 ft., and contains Scarba Deer Forest, 3676 ac.; Scarba Sound separates Scarba island on the NE from Luing island.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Jura ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Scarba

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