Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 3

GLENTIEROW
onlj- 5 miles from the liouse, is an immense delight.
We drove along Glentilt, through a wood overhanging
the river ; and as we left the wood, we came upon such
a lovely view — Bengloe straight before us, and under
these high hills the river Tilt gushing and winding over
stones and slates, and the hills and mountains skirted
at the bottom with beautiful trees ; the whole lit up by
the sun ; and the air so pure and fine. But no descrip-
tion can at all do it justice, or give an idea of what this
drive was. OIi ! what can equal the beauties of nature ?
What enjoyment there is in them ! Albert enjoys it so
much ; he is in ecstasies here. He has inherited this
love for nature from his dear father. We went as far as
the Marble Lodge, a keeper's cottage, and came back
the same way. ' Once more, in the ' Third Great Expedi-
tion,' on 9 Oct. 1861, the Queen and the Prince Consort,
with Prince Louis of Hesse, drove up Glentilt as far as
Forest Lodge (S miles), thence rode on ponies to Bynack
Lodge (10 more), and thence again by carriage to
Balmoral — in all having travelled 69 miles since start-
ing that same morning from Dalwhinnie. — Orel. Siir.,
shs. 64, 55, 1874-69.
Glentirrow. See Glenteera.
Glentoo, a lake in Balmaghie parish, Kirkcudbright-
shire, 5 miles W of Castle-Douglas. Lying 220 feet
above sea-level, it has an utmost length and breadth of
4 and 23 furlongs, and contains pike and perch. — OrA.
Sur., sh. 5, 1857.
Glen Tower, a mansion in Fossoway parish, romanti-
cally seated on a gorge of the river Devon, 4 miles above
the Caldron Linn, and 6 ENE of Dollar. Built in 1881
in the Swiss chateau style, it is the seat of Major Bald
Harvey.
Glentrathen. See Lixtr.a.then.
Glentreig. See Teeig.
Glentromie, a glen in Kingussie and Insch parish,
SE Inverness-shire, traversed by the Tromie, which,
issuing from Loch an t-Seilich (1400 feet) in G.-viCK
Forest, winds lOJ miles north-by-eastward till, after a
descent of 675 feet, it falls into the Spey at a point 1 J
mile ENE of Kingussie station. Overhung around its
head by rounded summits of the Grampians, rising to
altitudes of from 2500 to 3000 feet above sea-level, Glen-
tromie presents, in its middle reach, a somewhat out-
spread and unattractive aspect ; but contracts, for the
last 4 miles, into a picturescjue wooded defile, flanked
by an imposing precipitous acclivity. It takes down
a road from Blair Athole to Strathspey. — Ord. Sui:, sh.
64, 1874.
Glentrool. See Trool.
Glentruim, a glen on the mutual border of Kingussie
and Laggan parishes, Inverness-shire, traversed by the
Truim, which rises among the central Grampians, at an
altitude of 2100 feet, close to the Perthshire border, and
thence runs 15§ miles north-north-eastward, till, after a
descent of 1280 feet, it falls into the Spey at Inverna-
haven, 6 miles SW of Kingussie village. From nearly
its head to its foot it takes down the great high road
from Perth to Inverness, and also the Highland railway,
with Dalwhinnje station thereon, and presents, for the
most part, a moorish, bleak, and cheerless aspect. Glen-
truim House, in the angle between the Spey and the
Truim, 7 miles SW of Kingussie, is the seat of Lieut. -
Col. Lachlan Macpherson (b. 1835 ; sue. 1868), who
holds 21,000 acres in the shire, valued at £2350 per
annum. Near it are a post office of Glentruim under
Kingussie and a public school. — Ord. Sur., shs. 63, 64,
1873-74.
Glen Tulchan, a modern mansion in Fowlis-Wester
parish, central Perthshire, on the right bank of the
Almond, between Buchanty and Glenalmond College, 5
miles WNW of Methven station. Its owner, Grosme
Eeid Mercer, Esq. ofGorthie(b. 1812 ; sue. 1853), holds
1753 acres in the shire, valued at £2067 per annum.
Glenturret, a glen of Monzievaird and Strowan parish,
Perthshire, traversed by Turret Burn, which, rising
on the eastern side of Bex Choxzie at an altitude of
2000 feet above sea-level, runs 8J miles south-eastward
and southward (for the last 2 along the Crieff border).
GLOMACH
till, after a descent of 1800 feet, it falls into the Earn at
a point 4 mile W of the town of Crieff. It embosoms,
within the first three miles, Lochan Uaine (1 x 4 furl. ;
1523 feet) and Loch Turret (1 mile x 2J furl. ; 1127
feet) ; presents, till 2J miles below the latter, a con-
tracted, rugged, bleak, and wild appearance ; but there-
after opens into a beautiful vale. Glenturret Lodge, at
the NE corner of Loch Turret, 7 miles NNW of Crieff,
is a castellated shooting-box of Sir Patrick Murray of
Ochtertyre.— OrfZ. Sur., sh. 47, 1869.
Glenurchy. See Glenorohy.
Glenure, a glen in Ardchattan parish, Argyllshire,
descending 3J miles west-north-westward to Glen Creran
at a point 3| miles NE of the head of Loch Creran. Its
upper part exhibits sterile grandeur. Its lower part con-
tains Glenure House, which, occupied now by a fanner,
with Barcaldine still gives designation to Sir Duncan
Alexander Dundas Campbell, third Bart, since 1831 (b.
1856 ; sue. 1880).— Ord. Sur., sh. 53, 1877.
Glenurquhart, a finely-wooded glen in Urquhart
and Glenmoriston parish, Inveniess-shire, extending 9
miles eastward from Cokriemony to Drumnaprochit
on Loch Ness, and traversed from head to foot by the
Eneick, which, 6 miles above its mouth, expands into
Loch Meikle. From its head to that lake Glenurqu-
hart widens into a fine oval vale, and, afterwards con-
tracting into a rocky gorge, continues for some little
distance to be a defile, till it again expands with in-
creasing breadth towards its mouth. It is joined on the
right at a sharp angle, near its mouth, by the glen of
the CoiLTiE ; contains a number of mansions ; abounds,
in its middle and lower reaches, with picturesque
natural scenery, richly enhanced by artificial embellish-
ment ; and is overhung, along most of the right, by Meal-
fourvonie (2284 feet) and other heights of Balmacaan
deer-forest. A road runs up it 14 miles westward to
Invercannich in Strathglass. See Urquhart. — Ord
Sur., sh. 73, 1878.
Glenury Distillery. See Stonehaven.
Glenvale, a deep romantic ravine on the mutual border
of Strathmiglo parish, I'ife, and Portmoak parish, Kin-
ross-shire, 3 j miles ENE of Milnathort. Flanked on the
N by the West Lomond (1713 feet), on the S by Bishop
Hill (1292), and itself having an average elevation of
500 feet, it ofi'ers some resemblance to the ravine of
j\Iouse Water at Caetland Crags, and was a refuge of
Covenanters in the days of the persecution. — Ord. Sur.,
sh. 40, 1847.
Glenwhurry. See Glenquhaery.
Glespin, a burn iu Douglas parish, Lanarkshire, run-
ning 5 miles north-by-westward to Douglas Water, at a
point If mile SW of Douglas town.
Glesterlaw, a place on Bolshan estate, in Kinnell
parish, Forfarshire, 3 miles NE of Friockheim. Cattle
fairs are held at it on the last Wednesday of April, the
fourth Wednesday of June, the third Wednesday of
August, and the Monday in October after Falkirk.
Glimsholm, a small island in the S of Orkney, in the
W end of Holm Sound, adjacent to the NW corner of
Burray, and 2-| miles W of lioseness in Pomona.
Glitness, a small island in the E of Shetland, in the
lower part of Catfrith Voe, 6J miles N by E of Lerwick.
Glomach or AUt a'Ghlomaich, a mountain burn in the
E of Kintail parish, SW Ross-shire, issuing from Locli
a'Bhealaich (5J x 2J furl. ; 1242 feet), close to the Inver-
ness-shire border, and winding 3J miles north-north-
westward till it unites with the AUt na Doire Gairbhe to
form the Eloh.aig. In an alpine ravine it makes a pro-
found waterfall, the highest and wildest in Scotland, at a
point 7 miles ENE of Kintail church. With a total de-
scent of 350 feet, the fall is all a sheer leap till 50 feet
from the foot, encountering there a bisection or slight
interruption from an outjutting ledge of rock ; and it
terminates in a pool lying 750 feet below the crests
of the ravine. During times of drought it is too trivial
in volume to be striking in itself, but it always pre-
sents, in connection with its overhanging heights and
other siuToundings, a most impressive scene. The ap-
proaches to it, on any side, are always difficult and
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