Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Barra

Barra, an island and par. in the Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, the par. comprising several inhabited and uninhabited islands, 22,212 ac., pop. 2161; the island is 8 miles long by 5 miles broad; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an island and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Barra Parish       Inverness Shire County
Place: Barra

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