Gazetteer of Scotland

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Lochy; a lake in Braidalbin, in
Perthfhire, which difcharges itfelf by
a river of the fame name into Loch
Toy. The river is about 1 2 miles in
length, and gives name of Glenlocky to
the vallev through which it runs.
LOCKERBIE; a confiderable
market and poft town, in the parifh
of Dry'sdale, in the county of Dum-
fries. It is pleafantly fituated on the
Annan, about 3 miles above the point
where the Dryfe empties itfelf into
that river ; it confifts of one regular
itreet, about half a mile in length, run-
ning from N. to S. and another about
a quarter of a mile long, going off at
right angles towards the E. ; it con-
tains about 150 houfes, 80 of which
have been built within thefe few years ;
and the parifh church of Dry'sdale,
feated on an eminence, at the head of
the principal ftreet, has a fine effect.
It has 1 j well attended fairs ; at which,
'within the year, are fold to the Eng-
lish merchants upwards of 50,000
yards of linen and woollen cloth, and
about 20,000 lambs. It lies 12 miles
E. from Dumfries, 4 from Lochma-
ben, 16 from Moffat, and 12 N. from
Annan. In 1793, it contained about
700 inhabitants.
Logan; a river in Lanarkfhire,
which takes its rife in the hills which
feparate the parifhes of Lefmahagoe
and Muirkirk ; and, running eaftward
for 8 miles, joins the Neihan, which
has its fource in the fame mountains.
LOGIE; a parifh in Fifefhire, about
i\ miles in length, and 1 in breadth ;
lying about midway betwixt Cupar
and Woodhaven, the ferry to Dundee.
■The country is in general hilly, but
very fertile ; one of the hills, Called
Luckla bill, is elevated to a consider-
able height, and commands an exten-
five profpect of Fife, Perth, Angus,
and Mearns. In 1792, the population
was 425 ; increafe 12 fince 1755.
LOGIE ; a parifh fituated on the
river Forth, 2 miles N. of Stirling ; a-
bout 4 miles long, and 4 broad, and
nearly equally fituated in the counties
of Perth, Stirling, and Clackmannan.
One half of the parifh is a ftrong carfe
foil, producing mod luxuriant crops ;
the other half is dry field and hilly, and
affords excellent pafture. On one of
the peninfulas formed by the windings
of the Forth, in this parifh, ftands the
ruinous abbey of Gcmbujkenr.-eth i found-
ed by David I. King of Scotland, ia
1 147, in which King James III. was
buried. Nigh to this is the Abbey-*
craig, a rock of confiderable height,
on the top of which are the remains
of a battery, faid to have been erected
in Oliver Cromwell's time, when he
laid fiege to the caftle of Stirling.
From the fummit of the hill of Lhtn-
myatt, which rifes in a conical fhape
from the plain, is to be feen part of
12 counties. The fcenery from this
hill, and the Abbey-craig, is varied
and beautiful. Mr. M'Niel, in his
poem of the « Links 0' Forth," thus
defcribes it :
O ! grander far than Windfor's brow !
And fweeter, too, the vale below !
Whar Forth's unrivall'd windings flow
Through varied grain,
Bright'ning, I ween, wi' glittering glow
Strevlina's plain.
There, raptur'd trace (enthron'd on hie),
The landfcape ftretching on the ee,
Frae Grampians heights, down to the fea
(A dazzling view),
Corn, meadow, manfion, water, tree,
In varying hue.
There are fome appearances of filver
and copper mines in the parifh ; fome
of which have been wrought, but with
little advantage Ao the adventurers.
In 1792, the population was 1500 j
decreafe 485 fince 1755.
LOGIE; a parifh in Forfarfhire,
formed by the union of the parifhes of
Logie and Pert ; is fituated on the
North EJk river, and is of an oblong
fhape, 4 miles in length by 3 in breadth.
The foil, on the banks of the river, is a
deep clay, yielding, though uncultivat-
ed, plenty of natural grafs. The high-
er grounds are partly light loam, and
partly of a black muirifh caft, on A
cold till bottom. It contains 3860 a=
cres, of which 1850 are cultivated, 770
under wood, and the remainder wafte
and uncultivated. There are 2 exten-
five bleachfields ; one on the eftate of
Logie, and the other on Craigo. Here
are feveral-manfion houfes; of which
Inglifmaldie, a feat of the Earl of Kin-
tore, and Craigo, the feat of Mr. Car-
negie, are the principal. Near Inglif-
maldie, is an eminence called Rofehill,
the property of the Earl of Northefk,
from which that family takes the fe-
cond title of Baron. Limeftone of an
excellent quality, was difcovered here
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