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STRATHCEANNARD, vale of Ceannard
rivulet, descending westward to Loch
Broom, in north-west of Ross-shire.
STRATHCLYDE. See Clydesdale
and Combria.
STRATHCONAN, reach of Conan
river's valley north-eastward from foot of
Strathgarve, in south - east of Ross-shire.
It has a post office designated of Ross-
shire, a Free church, and a public school.
STRATHCROE, glen of Croe rivulet,
descending south-south-westward to head
of Loch Duich, on south-west border of
Ross-shire.
STRATHDEARN, glen and basin of
Findhorn river in Inverness - shire,
Nairnshire, and west border of Elginshire.
STRATHDEE, valley of the Dee in
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire.
STRATHDIGHTY, valley of Dighty
rivulet in south of Forfarshire.
STRATHDINARD, glen, descending
about 9 miles northward to head of Kyle
of Durness, in north-west of Sutherland.
STRATHDIRRIE, wild moorish mountain
glen, traversed by Dime head-stream of
river Conan, in centre of Ross-shire.
STRATHDON, hamlet and parish on
west border of Aberdeenshire. The
hamlet lies on the river Don, 45 miles
west of Aberdeen, and has a j:>ost office,
with money order department, under
Aberdeen, a banking office, Established
and Free churches, and a large public
school. — The parish embosoms part of
Tarland, measures 16 miles by 9 across
the intersection, and comprises 47,728
acres. Real property in 1880-81, £8625.
Pop. 1316. The surface is remarkably
diversified, exhibits blendings of Lowland
beauty with Highland wildness, includes
a fine strath along the Don and five
sequestered glens, and contains rugged
masses of lofty hill and mountain. Little
more than an eighth is arable or wooded,
and the rest is either pastoral or waste.
Chief seats are Castle-Newe, Edinglassie,
Candacraig, Invernan, Auchornach, Bella-
beg, Skellater, and Glenkindy; and a chief
antiquity is Invernochty dune. A quoad
sacra parochial church and a Roman
Catholic chapel are at Corgarff ; and public
schools are at Knocklea and Forbeston.
STRATHEARN, either the valley or the
entire basin of the river Earn in Perth-
shire. It exhibits great wealth of pic-
turesque landscape ; it formed a stewartry,
with Crieff for its capital, in the times of
hereditary jurisdiction ; and it gave the
title of earl to an old branch of the royal
family of Stewart, and that of duke in the
Scottish peerage to the Duke of Kent,
father of Queen Victoria.
STRATHEDEN, valley of Eden river in
Fife. It gives the peerage title of baron
to a branch of the family of Campbell.
STRATHENDRICK, valley of the End-
rick, in Stirlingshire.
STRATHENDRY, seat in Leslie parish,
Fife.
STRATHERRICK, band of upland plain,
parallel to south-east side of greater part
of Loch Ness, in Inverness-shire. It is
mostly separated from the loch by a
narrow range of hills ; it sends to the
loch, through that range, the rivulets
Foyers and Farigag ; it exhibits a diversity
of arable land, meadow tumulation, and
moor ; it is flanked by lofty granitic
heights with many bare summits ; and it
has a Free church, a Roman Catholic
church, and a public school with about 93
scholars.
STRATHFARRAR, ancient district, ex-
tending from Loch Beauly up the rivers
Glass and Farrar to head of Glenstrath-
farrar, on north-west border of Inverness-
shire.
STRATHFENELLA, hill and narrow vale
in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire.
STRATHFILLAN, glen of rivulet Fillan,
descending 10 miles eastward from Benloy
to head of Glendochart, in extreme south-
west of Perthshire. It contains Tyndrum
village and a Free church, and it formerly
had, about midway between Tyndrum and
Crianlarich, a priory founded by King
Robert Bruce.
STRATHFLEET, valley of Fleet rivulet
in south-east of Sutherland.
STRATHGARRY, valley of Garry river
in Athole district, Perthshire.
STRATHGARTNEY, tract along north
side of Loch Katrine, Perthshire.
STRATHGARVE, glen and vale traversed
by Garve rivulet, past west base of Ben-
wyvis, to conflux with the Conan, in
Ross-shire.
STRATHGLASS, vale of rivers Glass and
Beauly, from Chisholm's Pass to head of
Loch Beauly, in north-west of Inverness-
shire.
STRATHGRYFE, valley of the Gryfe in
Renfrewshire, but formerly all the Gryfe's
basin together with part of basin of the
Cart.
STRATHHALLADALE. See Strath-
ALLADALE.
STRATHHEAD, tract in Auchtergaven
parish, Perthshire.
STRATHHELMSDALE, glen and vale of
Helmsdale river, Sutherland.
STRATHIRE. See Stkathyee.
STRATHKINNESS, village and quoad
sacra parish in east of Fife. The village
stands 3 miles west of St. Andrews, and
has a post office under St. Andrews, an
Established church, a Free church, and
2 public schools with about 223 scholars.
Pop. of the village, 584 ; of the quoad
sacra parish, 1120.
STRATHLACHLAN. See Stralachlan.
STRATHLEVEN, seat in vale of Leven,
Dumbartonshire.
STRATHLOCH. See Straloch.
STRATHMARTINE, ancient parish, now
united to Mains, in Forfarshire. It has a
public school with about 125 scholars.
STRATHMIGLO, village and parish on
north-west border of Fife. The village