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Dunvegan, vil. with inn, on loch of same name, Duirinish par., Skye island, Inverness-shire; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is Dunvegan Castle, seat of the Maclewods. Dunvegan Loch, 7½ miles long and 2¼ miles wide, affords safe anchorage for vessels of the heaviest burden. On SW. side is Dunvegan Head.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "village with inn, on loch of same name" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Duirinish Parish Inverness Shire County |
| Place: | Dunvegan |
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