Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Goldberry

Goldberry, a precipitous seaward hill (456 feet) in West Kilbride parish, Ayrshire, 9 furlongs N by E of Farland Head. Tradition says that a detachment of Haco's Norwegian army, in 1263, was attacked and routed here by a body of Scotch under Sir Robert Boyd.—Ord. Sur., sh. 21, 1870.


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

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Feature Description: "a precipitous seaward hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: West Kilbride ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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