Home1842 Edition

LOCHABER

Volume 13 · 63 words · 1842 Edition

a district of Inverness-shire, in Scotland. It is bounded by Moidart on the west, Glenargy on the north, Badenoch on the east, and Lorn on the south. It derives its name from the lake or loch of Aber; and extends about twenty miles from east to west, and thirty from north to south. The country is barren, bleak, mountainous, and rugged. See INVERNESS-SHIRE.