Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gartness Station

Gartness Station, ry. sta., on W. border of Stirlingshire, 1½ mile NE. of Drymen sta. and 22 miles SW. of Stirling; P.O.; adjacent, on Endrick Water, is the Pot of Gartness, a cauldron-shaped cavity, with cascade; also, remains of an old castle, a residence of Napier of Merchiston (1550-1617), inventor of logarithms.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Stirlingshire ScoCnty
Place: Gartness

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