Gazetteer of Scotland

INI
parifh of Long-Forgan ; but a great
part of the pleafure grounds and plan-
tations around it are in this parifh.
Balindean, the feat of Sir John Wed-
derburn, is delightfully fituated at the
foot of the fifing ground which bounds
the Carfe of Gowrie on the N. Mon-
cur., theruin of an ancient caftle, adjoins
to Lord Kinnaird's park, and his Lord-
fhip has lately planted trees and fhrub-
bery around it. There are feveral ex-
cellent quarries, the ftones of which
are of a reddifh colour, and ftand the
weather well. In 1795, the popula-
tion, as ftated in the ftatiftical report,
was about 1000.
INHALLOW ; a fmall, but plea-
fantly fituated ifland of the Orkneys,
fituated about 3^ miles from Kirkwall
on the mainland, the county town. It
lies in the parifh of Roufay and Eglif-
bay, and contains about 25 inhabit-
ants : the foil is good, but, like moil
of the lands in Orkney, un&ilfully
mauaged.
INIS, INISH, or INCH; the Gaelic
and Irijh name for iflands, or for thofe
places which have formerly been fur-
rounded with water ; and, according-
ly, is the initial part of the names of
many parts in Scotland.
INIS-CONNEL ; an ifland in Loch
Ozu, in Argyllfhire, on which are the
majeftic ruins of an ancient caftle,
overgrown with ivy, which, for feve-
ral centuries, was the chief refidence
of the Argyll family.
INIS-FRAOCH, or FRAOCH-
ELAIN ; a fmall but beautiful ifland
in Loch Ow, in Argyllfhire, on which
are the ruins of a caftle, granted, along
with the ifland in 1267, by Alexander
III. to the chief of the clan of Mac-
naughton, on condition he fhould en-
tertain the King whenever he fhould
pafs that way. This ifland was the
Hefperides of the country ; and the fa-
tal attempt of Fraoch has been handed
down from age to age, in a beautiful
Celtic tale, after the manner of Offian.
f* The fair Mego longed for the de-
licious fruit of the ifle, guarded by a
dreadful ferpent : Fraoch, who had
long loved the maid, goes to gather
the fruit : by the ruftling of the leaves
the ferpent was awaked from his deep,
and attacked the hero, who perifhed
in the conflict. The monfter alfo was
deftroyed, but Mego did not long fur-
yiye the death of her lover.
INN
INIS-HAIL; a beautiful pitfurefqtie
ifland in Loch 0<w, in Argyllfhire; once
the (ite of a fmall nunnery of the Cif-
tercian order, the remains of which
are ftill feen. In a runious chapel of
that religious houfe, public worlhip
was performed, until the annexation
of the parifh of Inijbail to that of Glen-
orcbay, Vide Glknorchay and Inis-
HAIL.
INISH-ERAITH ; a fmall ifland in
Loch 0<w, in Argyllfhire, on which are
the ruins of a chapel, with burying
grounds. Dr. Smith, author of the
" Authenticity of OJJian's Poems," fup-
pofes this ifland to be the one to which
the traitor Eraith beguiled Duara, as
related in the " Songs of Selma."
Inner, or Inver ; a Gaelic word,
faid to fignify the mouth of a river,
and forms a part of the names of parts
in Scotland implying fuch a fituation.
INNERARY. Vide Inveraray.
INNERARITY. Vide Invera-
RITY.
INNERKEITHING. Vide Inver-
INNERKEITHN1E. Vide Inver.
KEITHNY.
INNERKILLER. Vide Inver-
KEILOR.
INNERKIP ; a parifh in Renfrew-
shire, fituated at the place where the
fmall rivulet Kip empties itfelf into the
Frith of Clyde. It extends along the
fhore of that Frith 7 miles in length
from E. to W. and about 6 miles in
breadth ; but its extent formerly was
much greater, comprehending the two
pariihes of Greenock, which were dis-
joined about 180 years ago from this
parifh. The coaft is indented with
feveral bays, of which the chief is at
the village of Gourock, forming a fafe
harbour. From the fhore towards the
S. E. is a gradual and irregular afcent,
beautifully varied with plains, gentle
declivities, and eminences'; interfered
with fmall rivulets, which fometimes
are loft in deep glens fhaded with
wood, and fometimes meandering
through rich and fertile meadows.
On the S. and E. the parifh is fur-
rounded by lofty mountains, covered
with heath ; on the other, the Frith
of Clyde covered with veffels, and the
port.of Greenock, exhibit a delightful
fcene ; the view of which is terminated
by the towering fummits of Beinn-bar-r
ran and Goatfield, in the ifle of Arran %