Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Barcloy

Barcloy, a hamlet in Colvend parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, near the mouth of Urr Water, 5½ miles S by E of Dalbeattie. An eminence, called Castlehill of Barcloy, flanks the E side of the Urr's month, and has remains of an ancient circular encampment.


(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: Colvend and Southwick ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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