Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Olrig

Olrig, coast par., N. Caithness, 10,015 ac., pop. 2002; the church is at Castletown, 5 miles E. of Thurso; Olrig House, seat, is 1½ mile SW. of Castletown; Olrig Hill, 463 ft. high, is on the SW. border of the par.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Olrig Parish       Caithness County
Place: Olrig

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