Inch, Dumfries and Galloway

Inch
View east from the top of the Castle of St. John, Stranraer, looking over Loch Ryan towards Inch.
Inch is located in Dumfries and Galloway
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54°57′N 4°57′W / 54.95°N 4.95°W / 54.95; -4.95

Inch is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It lies on the shore of Loch Ryan, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire.[1]

The parish is 10 miles (16 km) in length, and in one part nearly of the same breadth, comprising 30,600 acres (12,400 ha).[2][3]

  1. ^ Wilson, John Marius. The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography. Robarts - University of Toronto. Edinburgh A. Fullarton.
  2. ^ "Parish of Inch from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ "View map: A map of the county of Wigton. – Counties of Scotland, 1580–1928". maps.nls.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.