Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AYRE (Point of)

AYRE (Point of), a headland at the W side of the mouth of the estuary of the Dee, in Flint. A lighthouse adjoins it, erected on piles in 1844, with lanthern 42 feet high, showing a fixed bright and red light, visible at the distance of 9 miles.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Flintshire AncC
Place names: AYRE     |     AYRE POINT OF     |     POINT OF AYRE
Place: Point of Ayr

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