Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ord (or Ord of Caithness)

Ord (or Ord of Caithness), broad lofty hill, on border of Sutherland and Caithness, 4 miles NE. of Helmsdale; it rises abruptly from the sea coast.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "broad lofty hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Caithness ScoCnty       Sutherland ScoCnty
Place names: ORD     |     ORD OF CAITHNESS     |     ORD OR ORD OF CAITHNESS
Place: Ord

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