A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Garroch Head, a headland, 210 feet high, at the southern extremity of Bute island, Buteshire, 23/8 miles W of Little Cumbrae. The peninsula that it terminates is joined to the rest of Kingarth parish by a low sandy isthmus 9½ furlongs wide, and, with an utmost length and breadth of 2¼ and 2 miles, attains 485 feet at Torr Mor, 119 at Dunagoil, and 517 at Suidhe Plantation, near the SW shore of Kilchattan Bay. See St Blane's Chapel and Devil's Cauldron.—Ord. Sur., sh. 21, 1870.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a headland" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Buteshire ScoCnty |
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