Gazetteer of Scotland

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PITHEAVLIS, village, and a seat of Lord
Elibank, near Perth.
PITKERRO, estate in Dundee parish,
Forfarshire.
PITLESSIE, village, 4 miles south-west
of Cupar, Fife. It figures much in the
history of Sir David Wilkie, and it has a
post office under Ladybank, a Free church,
a United Presbyterian church, and a large
public school. Pop. 356.
PITLETHIE, seat in Lenchars parish,Fife.
PITLIVER, seat, 2J miles south-west of
Dunfermline, Fife.
PITLOCHRIE, village on the Tummel,
28vj miles north-by-west of Perth. It
stands amid richly picturesque scenery,
contains many fine villas, presents a beau-
tiful appearance, is a favourite resort of
convalescents and summer visitors, and
has a head post office with all departments,
a railway station, 3 banking offices, 2
hotels, a large hydropathic establishment,
opened in 1878, Free and Episcopalian
churches, and a public school with about
201 scholars. Pop. 777.
PITLOCHRIE, small affluent of the Isla,
in Glenisla parish, Forfarshire.
PITLOUR, seat in Stratkmiglo parish,
Fife.
PITLUNDIE, hill in Avoch parish, Ross-
shire.
PITLURG, seat, 4f miles east-north-east
of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
PITLYAL, lake in Lundie parish, Forfar-
shire.
PITMAIN, place, with inn, in Kingussie
parish, Inverness-shire.
PITMEDDEN, seat of Sir William C.
Seton,Bart., in Udny parish, Aberdeenshire.
PITMIDDIE, village in Kinnaird parish,
Perthshire.
PITMILLY, seat in Kingsbams parish,
Fife.
PITMUDIE, hamlet in Lintrathen parish,
Forfarshire.
PITMUIES, seat in Kirkden parish,
Forfarshire.
PITNACREE, seat on left side of the
Tay, between AVeem and Logierait, Perth-
shire.
PITNAPIES, village in Newtyle parish,
Forfarshire.
PITORMIE, seat in Dairsie parish, Fife.
PITREAVIE, seat and battlefield of
1651, on south-east border of Dunfermline
parish, Fife.
PITRICHIE, seat in TJdny parish, Aber-
deenshire.
PITRODIE, village and glen in Kilspindie
parish, Perthshire. The village has a post
office under Perth and a United Presby-
terian church, and the glen is said to
have been a hiding-place of Sir William
FITSCANDLY, seat and hill in Eescobie
parish, Forfarshire.
PITSCOTTIE, estate once belonging to
the Scottish historian Lindsay, in Ceres
parish, Fife.
PITSLIGO, parish, containing Rosehearty
post office village and Pittullie and Sand-
haven fishing villages, in western vicinity
of Fraserburgh, on north coast of Aber-
deenshire. Its length is 4 miles ; its
greatest breadth 2£ miles ; its area 4641
acres. Real property in 1880-81, £856L
Pop. 2582. The coast is partly flat and
sandy, partly high, bold, rocky, and
fissured ; and the interior rises gently
thence to an elevation of about 300 feet,
and then declines to the south. Pitsligo
and Pittullie castles stand on the coast,
and are ancient structures in a state of
ruin ; and the former gave to the family
of Forbes the peerage title of baron,
forfeited in 1746. The churches are
Established, Free, and United Presby-
terian. There are 3 schools with capacity
for 529 scholars, and an enlargement of 1
of them for 120 is new.
PITSLIGO (NEW), town and quoad
sacra parish in Buchan district, Aberdeen-
shire. The town stands 4 miles west of
Strichen, and 11 south-west of Fraser-
burgh ; was founded about the year 1790 ;
comprises two well-built main streets, one
of them fully a mile long ; and has a post
office, with money order and telegraph
departments, under Aberdeen, a banking
office, 2 hotels, Established, Free, Congre-
gational, and Episcopalian churches, a new
public school with capacity for 464 scholars,
and 3 other schools. Pop. 2056. — The
parish was formed in 1799, enlarged in
1835, and reconstituted by civil authority
in 1853 ; and it measures about 6 miles by
5. Pop. 2964.
PITTAIRTHY, estate, with relinquished
large old castellated mansion, in Dunino
parish, Fife.
PITTENCRIEFF, seat in western vicinity
of Dunfermline, and glen within that
town, in Fife.
PITTENWEEM, town and parish on
south-east coast of Fife. The town stands
on Firth of Forth, 1 mile west-south-west
of Anstruther ; contains interesting re-
mains of priory of 12th century ; consists
of well-built streets, partly old and partly
new ; ranks as a sub-port and a royal
burgh ; unites with St. Andrews and five
other Fife burghs in sending a member to
Parliament ; and has a post office, with
money order and telegraph departments,
designated of Fife, a railway station, a good
■harbour, 2 banking offices, Established,
United Presbyterian, and Episcopalian
churches, and 3 public schools with about
417 scholars. Real property in 1880-81,
£5878. Pop. 2087.— The parish measures
about 1J mile by J, and comprises 663
acres. Real property of landward part in
1880-81, £753. Pop. of the whole, 2119.
The land is flat, and overlies workable
seams of coal.
PITTHEVELISS. See Pitheavlis.
PITTODRIE, seat, loftily situated on east
side of Bennachie Mountain, and command-
ing a grand view of Garioch valley, Aber-
deenshire.