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Mound, The, ry. sta., SE. Sutherland, in par. and 3½ miles SW. of Golspie; P.O., called Mound; so named from a sluiced embankment here across Loch Fleet, constructed in 1816 at a cost of £12,500, for the purpose of carrying the public road across the lagoon.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Golspie Parish Sutherland County |
| Place names: | MOUND | MOUND THE | THE MOUND |
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