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Creetown, small seaport with ry. sta., W. Kirkcudbrightshire, at head of Wigtown Bay, 6½ miles SE. of Newton-Stewart, pop. 979; P.O., T.O.; in the vicinity are valuable granite quarries. The neighbourhood is the scene of part of Guy Mannering; Dirk Hatteraick's cave is on the coast, 5 miles SE.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small seaport with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkcudbrightshire County |
| Place: | Creetown |
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