Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eldrig or Elrig

Eldrig or Elrig, a village in Mochrum parish, SE Wigtownshire, 3 miles NW of Port William. Eldrig Loch, 1 mile to the N, lies 260 feet above sea-level, has an utmost length and width of ½ mile and 1 furlong, and contains some fine trout.—Ord. Sur., sh. 4, 1857.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Mochrum ScoP       Wigtownshire ScoCnty
Place names: ELDRIG     |     ELDRIG OR ELRIG     |     ELRIG
Place: Eldrig

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