Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cloch

Cloch, a small headland in Innerkip parish, Renfrewshire, at the southward bend of the Firth of Clyde, 1¾ mile E by S of Dunoon, 3 miles SSE of Strone Point, and 33/8 SSW of Barons Point. It has a lighthouse, a circular tower rising 76 feet above the water's level, built in 1797, and showing a fixed white light; and it commands a very brilliant view of the opposite shores of the Firth.


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

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Feature Description: "a small headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Inverkip ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty

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