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.
Head of Ayr, a rocky, precipitous headland in Maybole parish, Ayrshire, flanking the S side of the Bay of Ayr, 4 miles SW of Ayr town. Abutting from the northern skirt of Brown Carrick Hill, it has an altitude of 258 feet above sea-level, and consists of black, earthy, tufaceous trap, traversed at one part by a thick basaltic vein.—Ord. Sur., sh. 14, 1863.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a rocky, precipitous headland" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Maybole ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty |
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