Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Donald's Cleuch

Donald's Cleuch, a cul de sac in the SE of Tweedsmuir parish, Peeblesshire, striking off from Gameshope Burn to Donald's Cleuch Head (2616 feet) on the Dumfriesshire border. It is thought to have got its name from being a retreat of the famous Covenanter, Donald Cargill.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a cul de sac"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Tweedsmuir Parish       Dumfries Shire County       Peebles Shire County

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