A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Machars (Celt. machair, ` a plain '), one of the three districts of Wigtownshire, being the broad-based, triangular peninsula between Wigtown and Luce Bays. It has ill-defined boundaries, but it may be viewed either as comprehending the parishes of Whithorn, Glasserton, Sorbie, Kirkinner, and most of Mochrum, amounting to 100 square miles, or as comprehending also the rest of Mochrum and parts of Old -Luce, Kirkcowan, and Penninghame, amounting, with these additions, to nearly 150 square miles. Its surface, as implied in its name, is prevailingly low and flat, yet has considerable diversities, and will be noticed in our article on Wigtownshire.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "one of the three districts of Wigtownshire" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wigtownshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | MACHAIR | MACHARS |
| Place: | Machers |
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