Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Castlefern

Castlefern, a rivulet of Glencairn parish, W Dumfriesshire, rising on Troston Hill (1271 feet), close to the Kirkcudbrightshire border. Along that border and through the interior of Glencairn it flows 7 miles south-eastward and north-eastward, till, ½ mile S of Moniaive village, it unites with Craigdarroch and Dalwhat Waters to form the river Cairn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Glencairn ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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