Description Lochaber is a sparsely-populated area, remote but romantic, centred on Fort William.
It contains no mediaeval burgh, no major monastic site, and for its size, not even many castles.
However, it does include the highest mountain in Great Britain (Ben Nevis, 4406 ft, the deepest lake in Western Europe (Loch Morar) and the most westerly point of the British mainland (Ardnamurchan Point).
Daniel Defoe described it as a 'mountainous barren and frightful country .
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Origin Lochaber: a historical guide, paperback/paula martin
