Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cairn Ryan

Cairn Ryan, seaport vil., Inch par., NW. Wigtownshire, on Loch Ryan, 5½ miles N. of Stranraer; P.O., T.O. On Cairn Ryan Point is a lighthouse, with fixed light (Loch Ryan) seen 12 miles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport village"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Inch ScoP       Wigtownshire ScoCnty
Place: Cairnryan

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