Gazetteer of Scotland

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ASHLEY, lake in Dores parish, Inver-
ness-shire.
ASHTON, southern part of Gourock,
Renfrewshire. It extends south-westward
along the coast, opposite Kirn and Dunoon,
and consists chiefly of villas and neat two-
storey houses, principally on a narrow
belt of low ground, but partly on steep,
overhanging braes.
ASEADIL, headland on north-west of
Ardnamurchan peninsula, Argyleshire.
ASKAIG (PORT). See Port-Askaig.
ASLEISE, ruined old baronial f ortalice, 5
miles east of Forres, Elginshire.
ASSEL, burn, entering Stinchar river,
Ayrshire.
ASSLEED, affluent of the Ythan, between
NewDeer and Methlick parishes, Aberdeen-
shire.
ASSYNT, parish in extreme south-west
of Sutherland. It contains Lochinver
village, and has a post office of its own
name under Lairg. Its length is 20miles, its
greatest breadth 11 miles. Real property in
1880-81, £6649. Pop. , quoad civilia, 2776 ;
quoad sacra, 1390. The coast includes all
the peninsula terminating in Store Point,
and goes thence to south side of head of
Kyle-Scow ; and the shore for the most
part is rocky, bold, and dangerous. Old-
ney Island, and numerous islets and in-
sulated rocks, lie adjacent. The interior
is one of the most rugged tracts in Scot-
land, and may be described as mainly an
assemblage of towering mountains, rocky
hills, wild crags, and deep ravines, with
interspersion of lakes and numerous
lakelets and tarns. Quinag, Suilven,
Canisp, and Benmore-Assynt are chief
mountains, and the last has an altitude of
3281 feet. Loch Assynt is the chief lake,
measures 6f miles in length, and about 1
mile in extreme breadth ; has intricate
shores and a winding contour, and is
flanked and overhung by diversified crags
and mountains. Several caves and some
natural arches are on the coast, and some
caves are in the interior. Clachtoll dun,
Ardvrack ruined castle, and Calda ruined
mansion are the chief antiquities. The
churches are 2 Established and 2 Free.
There are 8 schools for 539 scholars, and
4 of them, for 330, are new.
ASTOUNE, old f ortalice in Alford parish,
Aberdeenshire.
ATHELSTANEFORD, village and parish
in north-west of Haddingtonshire. The
village stands 3 miles north-north-east of
Haddington, adjoins the scene of an early
battle between the Scotch and the English,
and has a post office under Drera, a modern
church with about 500 sittings, remains of
a church of the 12th century, and a public
school for 161 scholars. — The parish con-
tains also Drem village, and comprises
5077 acres. Real property in 1880-81,
£11,724. Pop. 762. The surface touches
the north base of the Garleton Hills, and
has considerable inequalities. Gilmerton,
the seat of Sir David Kinloch, Bart., is a
chief feature, and a ruined strong man-
sion of the Earls of "Winton is a chief
antiquity.
ATHOLE, district in extreme north of
Perthshire. It comprises an area of about
450 square miles ; includes a prominent
portion of the Central Grampians, and an
extensive deer forest ; exhibits features of
alpine height, deep glen, rushing stream,
large lake, and massive wood, eminently
picturesque; gives the titles of earl, mar-
quis, and duke to a branch of the family
of Murray, and contains the duke's chief
seat, Blair Castle.
AUCHABER, seat in Forgue parish,
AUCHANAULT, place, 22} miles west of
Dingwall, Ross-shire. It has a post office
designated of Ross-shire, and a railway
station.
AUCHANS, seat in Dundonald parish,
Ayrshire.
AUCHENAIRN, village, 3 miles north-by-
east of Glasgow. It has a public school
with about 170 scholars. Pop. 634.
AUCHENBATHIE, ruined ancient castle,
once the property of Sir "William Wallace,
4J miles east-south-east of Lochwinnoch,
Renfrewshire.
AUCHENBLAE, village, 5£ miles north-
north-east of Laurencekirk, Kincardine-
shire. It has a post office, with money
order and telegraph departments, under
Fordoun, a banking office, a hotel, a town
hall, and a public school.
AUCHENCAIRN, bay, village, and quoad
sacra parish in Kirkcudbrightshire. The
bay opens at 7 miles east of Kirkcudbright ;
is about 2| miles long and 1 mile wide ; has
Heston Isle across its mouth, causing it to
look like a lake ; and possesses both harbour
for small craft and shelter for vessels of bur-
den. — The village stands at the bay's head,
is a sea-bathing resort, and has beautiful
environs, a post office, with money order
department, under Castle-Douglas, 2 inns,
Established and Free churches, and mixed
and infant public schools, with about 173
and 157 scholars. Pop. 441. — The quoad
sacra parish is part of Rerrick, and was
constituted prior to 1870. Pop. 1037.
AUCHENCRUIVE, seat and railway
station in St. Quivox parish, near
Ayr.
AUCHENDAVY, hamlet on site of a fort
of Antoninus' Wall, 2 miles east of Kirk-
intilloch, Dumbartonshire.
AUCHENDRANE, seat of Sir Peter Coats,
and quondam castle, the scene of Sir
"Walter Scott's Ayrshire Tragedy, on left
bank of the Doon, near the Ayr and
Girvan Railway, Ayrshire.
AUCHENDRYNE, suburb of Castleton-
Braemar, Aberdeenshire. Pop. 269.
AUCHENGEAN, hamlet in Falkirk
parish, Stirlingshire. It has a public
school with about 84 scholars.
AUCHENGELLOCH, wild tract, notable
for conventicles of the Covenanters, in
Avondale parish, Lanarkshire.