Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Maberry, Loch

Maberry, Loch, a lake on the mutual border of Colmonell parish, Ayrshire, and Penninghame and Kirkcowan parishes, Wigtownshire, 5¾ miles SSE of Barrhill station. Lying 405 feet above sea-level, it extends 1 ¼ mile south-south-eastward; has a maximum width of 3 furlongs; is gemmed by eight little islets, one of them with vestiges of a castle; contains large pike and trout; and sends off the Bladenoch to Wigtown Bay.—Ord. Sur., sh. 8, 1863.


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

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Feature Description: "a lake"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Ayrshire ScoCnty       Wigtownshire ScoCnty

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