Barr Water
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Barr Water is a westerly flowing river of the Kintyre
peninsula in the southwest Scottish Highlands
. Rising at the diminutive Loch Losgainn near the hill of Cruach Mhic-an t-Saoir, it initially flows south-southwestwards amongst conifer plantations before turning west-southwestwards to flow down Barr Glen to reach the sea at Glenbarr
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Kintyre
Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
peninsula in the southwest Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
. Rising at the diminutive Loch Losgainn near the hill of Cruach Mhic-an t-Saoir, it initially flows south-southwestwards amongst conifer plantations before turning west-southwestwards to flow down Barr Glen to reach the sea at Glenbarr
Glenbarr
Glenbarr is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula.-Glenbarr Abbey:Nearby is Glenbarr Abbey, an 18th century residence, built by Col. Matthew Macalister, 1st Laird of Glenbarr. Today it serves as a visitor centre for the history of Clan...
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