Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Earlston

Earlston, ancient castle (1655) of the Gordons of Earlston, in par. and 2 m. NW. of Dalry, N. Kirkcudbrightshire; Earlston Burn flows 4 m. SW. to the Water of Ken; near the castle it makes a fine waterfall called Earlston Linn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient castle"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: Dalry ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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