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AYRE (Point of), a headland at the W side of the mouth of the estuary of the Dee, in Flint. A lighthouse adjoins it, erected on piles in 1844, with lanthern 42 feet high, showing a fixed bright and red light, visible at the distance of 9 miles.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a headland" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Flintshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | AYRE | AYRE POINT OF | POINT OF AYRE |
| Place: | Point of Ayr |
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