Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Float Bay or Port Float

Float Bay or Port Float, a small bay in Stoneykirk parish, Wigtownshire, 6 miles SE of Portpatrick. It is said to have got its name from the wreck here of some of the ships of the Spanish Armada or ' Flota; ' but above it is the moss or flow of ' Meikle Float.'


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small bay"   (ADL Feature Type: "bays")
Administrative units: Stoneykirk Parish       Wigtownshire County
Place names: FLOAT BAY     |     FLOAT BAY OR PORT FLOAT     |     PORT FLOAT

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