Creetown

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Creetown is a small historic village in southwest Scotland, known for its granite quarrying heritage and scenic location near the Solway Firth.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Creetown canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeArea Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
distanceTo about 7 miles south of Newton Stewart ⓘ
governingBody Dumfries and Galloway Council ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterialHeritage local granite ⓘ
hasCategory Kirkcudbrightshire ⓘ
Villages in Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
hasCoastlineType estuarine coast ⓘ
hasDialCode 01671 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEvent Creetown Country Music Festival ⓘ
hasFeature historic village core ⓘ
hasHeritage granite quarrying ⓘ
hasMuseum Creetown Gem Rock Museum ⓘ
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Galloway Forest Park ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Gatehouse of Fleet ⓘ
Newton Stewart ⓘ
hasNearbyWaterBody River Cree estuary ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict DG8 ⓘ
hasRailwayStationStatus former railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Creetown Parish Church ⓘ
hasScenicQuality views over Wigtown Bay ⓘ
historicalIndustry fishing ⓘ
granite quarrying ⓘ
knownFor granite quarrying ⓘ
scenic location ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
locatedNear Solway Firth ⓘ
Wigtown Bay ⓘ
locatedOn River Cree ⓘ
partOf historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire ⓘ
region Lowlands ⓘ
servedBy A75 road ⓘ
timeZone Europe/London ⓘ
tourismAttraction Creetown Gem Rock Museum ⓘ
transportLink A75 Euroroute E18 corridor ⓘ
linked to: European route E18
utcOffset +00:00 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +01:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dumfries and Galloway → containsVillage → Creetown ⓘ
Kirkcudbrightshire → containsVillage → Creetown ⓘ
Wigtown Bay → hasNearbyTown → Creetown ⓘ
Newton Stewart → hasNearbySettlement → Creetown ⓘ
subject linked to: NEWTON STEWART