Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Milton

Milton, a village in Urr parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 7 miles N by E of Dalbeattie. Milton Loch, 3 furlongs WNW, lies at an altitude of 420 feet; is ¾ mile long, and varies in breadth between 11/3 and 3¾ furlongs; abounds with pike and perch; and sends off a streamlet southward into confluence with Kirkgunzeon or Dalbeattie Burn.—Ord. Sur., sh. 9, 1863.


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

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Urr ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty
Place: Milton

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