Ravenshall Point, a small headland in Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the E side of the estuary of Cree Water or upper part of Wigtown Bay, 6¼ miles SW of Gatehouse-of-Fleet. The coast around it is pierced with curious caves, and contests, with the shores of the Nith's estuary, the claim of being the scene of Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. -Ord. Sur., sh. 4, 1857.
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