Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carron

Carron, a rivulet of Kincardineshire, rising among the skirts of the Grampians, on the W border of Glenbervie parish. It runs about 8½ miles eastward, partly in Glenbervie, partly along the boundary between Dunnottar and Fetteresso, and falls into the sea at Stonehaven. The Aberdeen section of the Caledonian railway runs near its southern bank for about 4½ miles and crosses it in the vicinity of Stonehaven.


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

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Feature Description: "a rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Kincardineshire ScoCnty

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