Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ormes Head, Great

Ormes Head, Great, bold promontory, on N. coast of Carnarvonshire, on E. side of Beaumaris Bay, 3½ miles N. of Conway; has lighthouse with fixed light 325 ft. above high water and seen 24 miles; 4 miles SE. is the promontory of Little Ormes Head.


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

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Administrative units: Caernarvonshire Ancient County
Place names: GREAT ORMES HEAD     |     ORMES HEAD     |     ORMES HEAD GREAT
Place: Great Ormes Head

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