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APPIN, village and quoad sacra parish _n north of Argyleshire. The village stands on a bay of its own name on south-east side of Loch Linnhe, 12 miles north-north-east of Oban, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Fort-William. The parish was constituted in 1868 ; is part of an old parish of Appin, now united to Lismore ; measures about 18 miles by 12, and exhibits much diversity and picturesqueness of landscape. Pop. 762. Appin House, on the coast, is a fine mansion. ' A land that was famous of yore, the land of green Appin,' is sung in Hogg's ballad, entitled, 'The Stuarts of Appin.' The churches are Established and Free, and the public school has about 87 scholars.
