Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Camlarg

Camlarg, a collier hamlet in Dalmellington parish, Ayrshire, about 1 mile from Dalmellington village. A coal mine here is nearly 20 fathoms deep; has two seams of coal, respectively 22 and 36 inches thick; and sends up its output by means of a peculiar water-worked contrivance.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a collier hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dalmellington ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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