Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mey

Mey, hamlet, Canisbay par., Caithness, 13 miles NE. of Thurso; P.O.; 2 miles W. of hamlet, on border of Dunnet par., is the Loch of Mey; 1 mile N. of hamlet, off St John's Point (or Mey Head), are the dangerous reefs called the MEN OF MET: which see.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Canisbay ScoP       Caithness ScoCnty
Place: Mey

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