Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Deadmen's Holm

Deadmen's Holm, a piece of alluvial flat in Tarbolton parish, Ayrshire, opposite the mouth of Bloody Burn. It and the burn are alleged to have got their name from being the scene of some ancient massacre or tragedy.


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

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Feature Description: "a piece of alluvial flat"   (ADL Feature Type: "flats")
Administrative units: Tarbolton ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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