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ID: 7017266
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017266
Record Type:
administrative
Isle of Whithorn (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 54 42 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 54.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 004 22 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -4.3667
decimal degrees
Note:
Small port on rocky coast; noted for St. Ninian's chapel built ca. 1300; nearby St. Ninian's cave was reported to have been used as an oratory by St. Ninian in the 5th cen.
Names:
Isle of Whithorn
(
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C
,
V
,
English
,
U
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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Europe
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
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Scotland
(country) (
P
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Dumfries and Galloway
(unitary authority) (
P
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Isle of Whithorn
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an early center
village (
C
)
port (
C
)
religious center (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Isle of Whithorn..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1977)
262
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
plate 57
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1977)
262
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2599618
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
plate 57
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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