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Burnmouth, a fishing village in the SE corner of Ayton parish, Berwickshire, picturesquely lying at the foot of a steep ravine, with heights to S, W, and N that rise to 170,309, and 310 feet above sea-level. It is ¾ mile SE of Burnmouth station on the North British, this being 5½ miles NNW of Berwick-upon-Tweed; and, included in Eyemouth fishing district, it carries on a thriving fishery, chiefly of herrings and haddocks. A harbour here, originally constructed at a cost of £1600, has been greatly improved by the erection of a W breakwater, 325 feet long, and the extension of the pier to a total length of 800 feet, with a lighthouse at th-e end of it, these improvements having been finished in 1879 at a cost of £6296. Pop. (1871) 314, (1881) 432, minus 24 fishermen, who were lost in the gale of 14 Oct. 1881.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a fishing village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Aytoun ScoP Berwickshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Burnmouth |
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