The Sound

The Sound is a locality in , , . The Sound is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Ross.

Island
Photo: Malcolm Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 29-acre island with a lighthouse on the Solway Coast south of the town of in Galloway, . It is next to Meikle Ross on the mainland, which is a headland, and there are two small rocks off it, Sugarloaf and Fox Craig.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkandrews and Kirkcudbright.

Hamlet
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, sometimes written as Kirkanders in older documents, is a coastal hamlet about 9 kilometres west-southwest of in , Scotland. is situated 4½ miles northwest of The Sound.

Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal town in in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.

The Sound

Latitude
54.76755° or 54° 46′ 3″ north
Longitude
-4.08975° or 4° 5′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C6QQW96+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2688580757
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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