Lochaber Summary Table
| District | Merklands | Ratio | Davachs | Ouncelands | Pennylands |
| Lochiel | 30 | 1:20 | 1½ | 1½ | Yes |
| Glen Loy & Loch Arkaig | 60 | 1:20 | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Dochanassie (N of Spean) | 22* | 1:20 | c. 1 | c. 1 | Yes |
| Gargavache (N of Spean) | 9¾ | 1:20? | c. ½ | c. ½ | No** |
| Glen Roy | 40 | 1:20 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Dochanassie (S of Spean) | 13¾ | 1:10? | c. 1 | c. 1 | Yes |
| Gargavache (S of Spean) | 30¼ | 1:10? | c. 3 | c. 3 | No** |
| Lochaber | 40? | 1:10? | 4 | 4 | No** |
| Glen Nevis | 10 | 1:10 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Mamore | 40 | 1:10? | 4 | 4 | Yes |
| Total | 295¾ | 21 | 21 |
* Includes 2m Annat in Glen Roy.
** The areas which do not include pennylands are at the head of Loch Linnhe and on the south side of the River Spean.
(I am inclined to ignore the three farms of Gargavache north of the Spean since the lack of pennyland data may be accidental).
D Murray Rose (ed.), W Purves, Revenue of the Scottish Crown, Edinburgh, 1897, p 182, gives a Rental of the Isles which must date to about the time of the forfeiture in 1493. It states that Lochaber is ‘300 merk land’. This is very close to the total given above.
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