Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carty

Carty, a harbour in Penninghame parish, Wigtownshire, on the river Cree, at the boundary with Kirkcudbrightshire, 2½ miles SSE of Newton-Stewart. It has commonly about 12 feet of water at spring tides, and is regularly frequented by vessels of from 35 to 40 tons burden.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a harbour"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Penninghame ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty       Wigtownshire ScoCnty

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