Identifier: ordnancegazettee01groo (find matches)
Title: Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902
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Publisher: Edinburgh : T.C. Jack
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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AYRSHIRE of Clyde at Ballantrae. The chief lake is Loch Doon,on the boundary with Kirkcudbrightshire. Other lakesare Kilbirnie, on the northern border of Cunninghame ;Dornal, on the boundary with AVigtownshire ; severalsmall lakes in the interior of Cunninghame and Kyle ;Bogton, on the boiindary between Kyle and Can-ick,near Dalmellington ; and Finlas, Bradan, Linfem,Riecawr, and Macaterick in the SE of Carrick. Twostreams of uncommon magnitude are in Maybole parish,and springs of excellent water, copious and perennial,are in most parts. Mineral springs, some chalybeate,some sulphurous, are in almost every parish ; but noneof them possesses any special excellence. Erupted rocks, of various kinds, fonn considerablemasses in Carrick, and some lesser masses, together \\ithdykes, in the higher parts of Kjde and Cunninghame.Silurian rocks, olten on a basis of clay slate, predominatein Carrick and in the SE of Kyle. Carboniferous rocks,including coal, sandstone, limestone, and in some parts

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