In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Sarclet like this:
Sarclet, a small fishing village in Wick parish, Caithness, 5 miles S of Wick town. Sark, a small river in the extreme SE of Dumfriesshire. It is formed by the confluence of Woodside or All for nought Burn, tracing the northern boundary of Half Morton, and Hall Burn, out of Canonbie; and it winds 11¼ miles in a southerly and a south-south-westerly direction to the head of the Solway Firth. ...
For the first 3¾ miles it divides Half-Morton from Canonbie; and afterwards, over a distance of 7½ miles, it divides HalfMorton and Gretna from Cumberland. Its sources lie among the lower declivities of the Eskdale Hills; but by far the greater part of its course is across either a low and beautiful plain or along the skirts of the Solway Moss. It yields fair trout-fishing; but during a comparatively dry summer it almost ceases to exist.—Ord. Sur., shs. 10, 6, 1864-63.
Sarclet through time
Sarclet is now part of Highland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Highland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sarclet itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sarclet, in Highland and Caithness | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22267
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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