Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cumbrae, Great

Cumbrae, Great, island (3½ m. by 2 m.), Cumbrae par., Buteshire, lying midway between Bute island and the coast of Ayr; contains the vil. of Millport, a favourite seaside resort.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Cumbrae ScoP       Buteshire ScoCnty
Place names: CUMBRAE     |     CUMBRAE GREAT     |     GREAT CUMBRAE
Place: Cumbrae

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