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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and some few in the cod and ling fishery, on the coast of Barra. In the formation of the harbour, it was the hope of …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… at the court of France, in 1720, was born in the parish. Barra BARRA, a parish and island, in the county of Inverness; … 2363 inhabitants, of whom 1977 are in the island of Barra. The word Barra is supposed by some to be formed of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… each other, the one on the north being called the Hill of Barra, and the other the Hill of Lawhill-side; they run … formation, and some suppose that the summit of the Hill of Barra is the crater of an ancient volcano. The rateable … 3150. There are two gentlemen's seats, Bourtie House and Barra, of which the latter is a venerable castle, forming …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Books with Original Swatches of Cloth, a Winterthur/Barra Book, W.W. Norton, New York and George J. McLeod …