Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cairnyaran

Cairnyaran, a moorland ridge in Inch parish, Wigtownshire, 5¾ miles NE of Stranraer. It has two summits about 1¼ mile distant from each other, with altitudes of respectively 734 and 751 feet above sea-level; and it is crowned, within a length of 1¼ mile, by no fewer than 9 cairns.


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

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Feature Description: "a moorland ridge"   (ADL Feature Type: "ridges")
Administrative units: Inch ScoP       Wigtownshire ScoCnty

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