Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Houton

Houton, hamlet, Orphir par., Orkney, on Houton Bay, 9 miles SW. of Kirkwall; at the mouth of the bay is an island called Holm of Houton.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Orphir Parish       Orkney County

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