Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Abbey

Abbey, a burn and a small headland in Rerwick parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. The burn rises near Doon Hill, and runs about 6 miles southward, past Dundrennan Abbey, to the Solway Firth, at the small harbour of Burnfoot. The headland flanks the W side of that harbour, 3½ miles E of the entrance of Kirkcudbright Bay.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a burn and a small headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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