Laggan, Inverness Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Laggan. You may be able to find further references to Laggan in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Laggan parish and hamlet Bartholomew
Laggan a hamlet Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Laggan.

Place Type of entry Source
Breakachy a burn Groome
Bronach a burn Groome
Cluny Castle a mansion Groome
Dundalav a conical, steep, rocky hill Groome
Gergask school Bartholomew
Glengulbin an alpine glen Groome
Glenshirra Lodge a shooting-box Groome
Gorgask a burn Groome
Lochlaggan place with school Bartholomew
Mashie Water Bartholomew
Mashie Water a rivulet Groome
Moy Lodge a pretty shooting-box Groome
Moy Lodge shooting-lodge Bartholomew
Pattack rivulet Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Dalwhinnie 3 2
Badenoch 9 2
Newtonmore 0 2
Kingussie 2 3
Grampians 5 2
Corrieyairack 2 2
Dalnaspidal 0 2
Dunachton 0 2
Ericht 1 3
Kincraig 0 2
Ben Alder 1 2
Feshiebridge 0 2
Great Glen 2 3
Stratherrick 2 1
Dalnacardoch 2 2
Garry 2 3
Abertarff 0 2
Fort Augustus 18 2
Roy 1 2
Oich 8 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Laggan. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
LAGAN F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
LAGGAN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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