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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUNAN BAY | Lunan Bay Lunan Bay Lunan Bay Lunan Bay |
Rev. [Reverend] George Arklay A. Cunningham Fullarton's Gazetteer Stat. [Statistical] Accounts Philip's County Atlas |
035; 041 | This bay extends in this parish from Ethie Haven, northward to the parish boundary. It then extends along the whole coast lines of Lunan, Maryton detached, and part of Craig. " A beautiful semicircular indentation of the German Ocean, 5 miles in extent of Coast line...... Its coast for a mile at each extremity is bold and rocky... and over the intermediate 3 miles, in the middle of which enters Lunan Water, it is a low sandy beach, slightly chequered with small stones, and regularly flanked with bent coverd knolls....... The bay has a fine sandy bottom and affords safe anchorage in any storm except from the North east and east." Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland |
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[Page] 44Co. [County] Forfar -- Inverkeillor Parish
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