Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kildonan

Kildonan, par. and ry. sta., Sutherland, on river Helmsdale, 134,550 ac., pop. 1942; P.O.; contains Helmsdale, 9½ miles SE. of sta.; adjacent to sta. is Kildonan Lodge; gold was found in Kildonan in 1868, and for a short time a rush took place to the "Sutherland gold diggings;" the Duke of Sutherland's reclamation works are near Kinbrace sta.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kildonan ScoP       Sutherland ScoCnty
Place: Kildonan

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