Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kilminster

Kilminster, a hamlet in Wick parish, Caithness, 5 miles NW of Wick town. To the SW lie the Loch of Kilminster (2½ x 2 furl.; 45 feet above sea-level) and Kilminster Moss, which measures about 2 miles square, and is many feet deep.—Ord. Sur., sh. 116, 1878.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wick ScoP       Caithness ScoCnty
Place: Killimster

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