Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ashdale

Ashdale, a rivulet and a glen in the S of Kilbride parish, SE Arran. The rivulet, rising at 1300 feet above the sea, runs 4 miles SE and E to Whiting Bay; and makes two beautiful cascades, 50 and more than 100 feet in leap. The glen is grandly picturesque, and presents some interesting basaltic features.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a rivulet and a glen"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Kilbride ScoP       Buteshire ScoCnty

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