Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Assynt

Assynt, extensive maritime par. and hamlet, SW. Sutherlandshire, 110,111 ac., pop. 2781; contains Loch Assynt, which is 5 miles long, and 215 ft. above the sea-level. The hamlet is also called Inchnadamff, and is 32 miles E. of Lairg ry. sta.; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "extensive maritime parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Assynt ScoP       Sutherland ScoCnty
Place: Assynt

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