Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dewar

Dewar, hamlet, on Dewar Burn, 5 m. W. of Fountainhall sta., Edinburghshire; ½ m. SE. is Dewar Hill, crowned with a remarkable stone called "Lot's Wife.".


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Midlothian ScoCnty
Place: Dewar

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