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—2. Carmel, 2 m. from Penygroes, Carnarvonsh.; P.O.
—3. Carmel, school, Holywell dist., Flintshire.

Carmel, rivulet, N. Ayrshire, flowing 11 miles SW.
to river Irvine 1 mile SE. of Dreghorn.

Carmel Head, headland, on NE. coast of Anglesey,
6J miles NE. of Holyhead.

Carmen, hamlet, 7 miles E. of Athy, S. co. Kildare.

Carmen Point, headland, W. Cornwall, 2h miles
SW. of St Ives.

Carmichael, par. and hamlet, E. Lanarkshire, 3J
miles NW. of Thankerton ry. sta. and 5£ miles SE. of
Lanark; coal is worked, sandstone and limestone are
quarried; 1 mile NE. of hamlet is Carmichael House,
seat of the Carmichael-Anstruther family.

Carminnls Hill, Towednack par., W. Cornwall, 805ft.

Carinunnock, par. and vil., NW. Lanarkshire, 5
miles SE. of Glasgow—par., 3479 ac., pop. 722; vil.,
pop. 315; P.O., called Carmunnoch.

Carmyle, vil. with ry. sta., Old Monkland par., N.
Lanarksh., 4jm. SE. of Glasgow, pop. 484; hasmeal-mills.

CarmyUe, par. and vil., SE. Forfarshire, 6^ miles
NW. of Arbroath, 7553 ac., pop. 1137; P.O., called
CarmylUe; has extensive sandstone and pavement
quarries, connected by the CarmyUe By. with the
Arbroath and Dundee branch of the Caledonian Ry. at
Elliot Junction. The Rev. Patrick Bell (1800-1869), in-
ventor of the reaping-machine, was minister from 1843.

Cam . See Cairn .

Cara.—par., in co. and 3 miles SE. of Kildare, 1454
ac., pop. 542.—2. Cara, par., in co. and 10 miles SE.
of Wexford, 1963 ac., pop. 586.—3. Cara, vil., near
Dungiven, mid. co. Londonderry.

Carna, island, Morvern par., NW. Argyllshire, in
Loch Sunart, at mouth of Loch Teacuis, pop. 7.

Carna, hamlet, Moyrus par., W. co. Galway, 13
miles from Recess; P.O.

Caraabattan, loch, Kiltarlity par., N. Inverness-sh.

Carnaby, par. and township with ry. sta., East-
Riding Yorkshire,
2\ miles SW. of Bridlington—par.,
3980 ac. and 136 ac. foreshore, pop. 296; township,
1994 ac., pop. 180; P.O.

Carnagh.—par., W. co. Wexford, 4 miles SE. of
New Ross, 2106 ac., pop. 222 ; contains Carnagh
Honse.—2. Carnagh, seat, S. co. Armagh, 6 miles N.
of Castleblayney ry. sta.; P.O.

Carnagh, East and West, 2 hamlets, 7 miles W. of
Athlone, S. co. Roscommon.

Carnalbanagh, 6 miles from Glenarm, E. co.
Antrim; P.O.

Carnalea, ry. sta., co. Down, 10£ m. NE. of Belfast.

Caraaleck, school, Achonry par., S. co. Sligo.

Caraalway, par., E. co. Kildare, on river Liffey, 5
miles S. of Naas, 3840 ac., pop. 713.

Carnamoney, 4 miles from Draperstown, S. oo.
Londonderry; P.O.

Carnane, eminence, Isle of Man, 2 miles from Port
Erin, alt. 900 ft.

Carnanton, seat, 2\ m. NAV. of St Columb, E. Cornwall.

Carnaross, hamlet, 4 miles NW. of Kells, N. co.
Meath; P.O.

Carnarvon, or Caernarvon, co. town of Carnarvon-
shire, pari, and mun. bor., and seaport, at mouth of r.
Seiont, 6^ miles SW. of Bangor and 241 miles NW. of
London by rail, 1897 ac., pop. 10,258; 3 Banks, 5 news-
papers. Market-day,
Saturday. The town is pleasantly
situated on the SE. shore of the Menai Strait, and is
much frequented in the bathing season. The grand old
castle, built by Edward I., is still almost entire. Some
portions of the old walls of the town also remain. Slates
and copper ore are exported. (For shipping statistics, see
Appendix.) O. unites with Bangor, Conway, Criccieth,
Nevin, and Pwllheli in returning 1 member to Pari.

Carnarvon Bay, extending between Braich-y-Pwll,
Carnarvonshire, and Holyhead, Anglesey; 30 miles wide.
In lat. 53° 4' 40" and long. 4° 44' 30" is a light-vessel,
with revolving light seen 10 miles; and on LLanddwyn
island is a fixed light seen 5 miles.

Carnarvonshire, a maritime co. of North Wales,
having the Irish Sea on the N., Denbighshire on the E.,
Merioneth and Cardigan Bay on the S., and on the W.
Carnarvon Bay and the Menai Strait, which separates
it from Anglesey; extreme length, NE. and SW.,
53 miles; extreme breadth, NW, and SE., 23 miles ;

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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