Muasdale

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Muasdale
Gaelic: Muasdal
Argyllshire
Humpy vegetation laden outcrops north of Muasdale - geograph.org.uk - 1448657.jpg
Rock outcrops near Muasdale
Location
Grid reference: NR679402
Location: 55°36’0"N, 5°41’5"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Argyll and Bute
Parliamentary
constituency:
Argyll and Bute

Muasdale is a hamlet on the western coast of Kintyre, the long, pendulous peninsula of Argyllshire. As of the year 2000 Muasdale had a population of 300.[1]

By the year 1750 acording to the William Roy map, there was a coastal track along the west coast of Kintyre, even though the population level of the entire southern peninsula was very low.

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References

  1. Robin Smith and Alan Lawson. 2000
  • Smith, Robin and Lawson, Alan: 'The making of Scotland: a comprehensive guide to the growth of its cities' (2000)