Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cumbrae, Little

Cumbrae, Little, island (1 mile by ½ mile), Ardrossan par., Buteshire, 1 mile S. of Great Cumbrae, 673 ac., pop. 23. On S. coast are curious caves wrought in the stratified rocks by the action of the sea. On W. side is a lighthouse, with fixed light (Cumbrae) seen 16 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Buteshire ScoCnty
Place names: CUMBRAE     |     CUMBRAE LITTLE     |     LITTLE CUMBRAE
Place: Little Cumbrae

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