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Glencarron, a vale of Lochcarron parish, SW Rossshire, traversed by the river Carron, which, issuing from Loch Scaven (491 feet), flows 14 miles south-westward to the head of salt-water Loch Carron, and about midway in its course expands into Loch Doule or Dhughaill (1 3/8 mile x 3 furl.; 100 feet). The vale takes down the Dingwall and Skye railway, with a station thereon, Glencarron, 17 miles NE of Strome Ferry and 36 WSW of Dingwall.—Ord. Sur., sh. 82, 1882.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a vale" (ADL Feature Type: "valleys") |
| Administrative units: | Ross Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Carron |
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