Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lochryan

Lochryan, quoad sacra par., Inch par., Wigtownshire, pop. 292; Lochryan Lighthouse, on Cairn Ryan Point, E. side of Loch Ryan, 5½ miles N. of Stranraer, is 50 ft. high, and has fixed light 46 ft. above high water and seen 12 miles; adjacent is Loch-ryan House, seat.


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

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Feature Description: "quoad sacra parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wigtownshire ScoCnty
Place: Loch Ryan

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