Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fleet, Water of

Fleet, Water of, river, Kirkcudbrightshire; is formed by the junction of the Big Water of Fleet and the Little Water of Fleet (which issues from Loch Fleet) near Castramont, and flows 5 miles SE. to Fleet Bay; has trout, and is navigable for small vessels up to Gatehouse of Fleet.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty
Place names: FLEET     |     FLEET WATER OF     |     WATER OF FLEET

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