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" ... a county on the west coast of Scotland, the second largest in the
country, embracing a large tract of country on the mainland and a number of the
Hebrides or Western Isles. The mainland portion is bounded N. by
Inverness-shire; E. by Perth and Dumbarton, Loch Long and the Firth of Clyde;
S. by the North Channel (Irish Sea); and W. by the Atlantic. Its area is
1,990,471 acres or 3110 sq.m. The principal districts are Ardnamurchan on the
Atlantic, Ardnamurchan Point being the most westerly headland of Scotland;
Morven or Morvern, bounded by Loch Sunart, the Sound of Mull and Loch Linnhe;
Appin, on Loch Linnhe, with piers at Ballachulish and Port Appin; Benderloch,
lying between Loch Creran and Loch Etive; Lorne, surrounding Loch Etive and
giving the title of marquess to the Campbells; Argyll, in the middle of the
shire, containing Inveraray Castle and furnishing the titles of earl and duke
to the Campbells; Cowall, between Loch Fyne and the Firth of Clyde, in which
lie Dunoon and other favorite holiday resorts; Knapdale between the Sound of
Jura and Loch Fyne; and Kintyre or Cantyre, a long narrow peninsula (which, at
the isthmus of Tarbert, is little more than 1m. wide), the southernmost point
of which is known as The Mull, the nearest part of Scotland to the coast of
Ireland, only 13m. distant. ... " - extracted from Encyclopaedia
Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. 2, Cambridge, 1910
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This county is maintained by **Job vacancy**.
[Last updated: 23 October 2004 - David McFarlane]