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Argyllshire

/ ɑːˈɡaɪlˌʃɪə; -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute


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The slate raised at Eisdale, on the west coast of Argyllshire, is very durable.

At Fasnacloich, in Argyllshire, the visit of swans to a small loch is supposed to herald the death of a Stewart.

Thus in 1717, special mention is made of a fatal bloody flux in Lorn, Argyllshire.

He comes from Argyllshire, on the west coast of Scotland, and he's always pure white.

Morvenite (from Morven in Argyllshire) is the name given to small transparent crystals formerly referred to as phillipsite.

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