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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Bernera Barracks like this:
Bernera Barracks, military ruins, W. Inverness-shire, near Glenelg vil.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Bernera Barracks by doing a full-text search here.
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Bernera Barracks within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | Thomas Pennant | August 30-September 5: The Great Glen and Argyll | 1 |
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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 Hist. Gazetteer |
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Glenelg | 9 | 2 |
Balmacarra | 0 | 2 |
Eilean Donan | 0 | 2 |
Kyleakin | 0 | 2 |
Dornie | 0 | 2 |
Inverinate | 0 | 2 |
Isle Ornsay | 0 | 2 |
Plockton | 0 | 2 |
Barrisdale | 0 | 1 |
Knoydart | 0 | 2 |
Stromeferry | 0 | 2 |
Broadford | 0 | 2 |
Sleat | 11 | 4 |
Lochalsh | 0 | 2 |
Strath | 0 | 2 |
Inverie | 0 | 2 |
Glenshiel | 1 | 2 |
Lochcarron | 0 | 4 |
Attadale | 0 | 1 |
Carnach | 0 | 1 |