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Ferry, Little, a ferry (1 furlong broad) on the mutual boundary of Dornoch and Golspie parishes, Sutherland, across the neck of water between Loch Fleet and the sea, 4¼ miles N by E of Dornoch town. An action was fought on the N side of it, in 1746, between the Jacobites and the militia.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a ferry" (ADL Feature Type: "transportation features") |
| Administrative units: | Golspie Parish Sutherland County |
| Place: | Littleferry |
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