In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Scares Islands like this:
Scar, Big and Little, 2 rocks, in entrance to Luce Bay, Wigtownshire.
Scares Islands through time
Scares Islands is now part of Dumfries and Galloway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dumfries and Galloway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scares Islands itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scares Islands, in Dumfries and Galloway and Wigtownshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21278
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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