Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clarebrand

Clarebrand, a hamlet in Crossmichael parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 2½ miles N by E of Castle-Douglas. Here, half a century since, flourished two most original poets, John Gerrond, the blacksmith, and Samuel Wilson.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Crossmichael Parish       Kirkcudbrightshire County

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