Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

BOGRIE
Bogrie, a hill and an old baronial fortalice in the N of
Dunscore parish, AV Dumfriesshire. The hill, 3J miles
S by E of Moniaive, has an altitude of 1416 feet above
Bea-level. The fortalice, standing on the hill's SE skirt,
at a point where Glenessland Burn contracts to a narrow
pass, confronts Sundaywell fortalice, on the opposite side
of the pass; belonged anciently to the family of Kirk;
and, in the times of the persecution, afforded refuge
frequently to Covenanters.
Bogroy, a place in the NE of Inverness-shire, 7 miles
from Inverness. It has a post office.
Bogroy, a farm, with a chalybeate spring, in Knock -
ando parish, Elginshire.
Bogside, a station and a post office under Stirling, in
Culross parish, Fifeshire, on the Stirling and Dunferm-
line section of the North British, 2f miles NNW of
Culross town.
Bogton, a village near the mutual boundary of Banff
and Aberdeen shires. Its post-town is Forglen, under
Turriff.
Bogton, a village in the extreme E of Kilmany parish,
NE Fife, 5$ miles NN E of Cupar-Fife.
Bogton Loch, an expansion of the river Doon on the
mutual border of Dalmellington and Straiton parishes,
Ayrshire, f mile SW of Dalmellington town. It is f
mile long and from £ to 2J furlongs wide, has low banks,
and is much frequented by waterfowl.
Bohally, a hamlet in the N of Perthshire, 12 miles
from Pitlochry.
Boharm, a parish formerly in Banff and Elgin shires,
but placed by the Boundary Commissioners in 1S91
wholly in the county of Banff. It has the hamlet of
Blaekhillock towards its centre, and, £ mile to the N,
Mulben station on the Highland railway, it being 5
miles W of Keith and 13 miles SE of Elgin. Bounded
N by Bellie, E by Keith and Botriphnie, S by Mortlach,
SW by Aberlour, and AV by Rothes, Boharm has an
extreme length from N to S of 6J miles, or of 9 from the
Burn of Forgie in the NE to the SE angle near Craigel-
lachie Junction; a width from E to AV of from 3| to 5
miles; and an area of 16,741 acres. The Spey, 100 yards
and more across, traces 7 miles of the western, and the
tributary Fiddich 2J of the southern and south-western
border; while the chief stream of the interior is the
Burn of Mulben, which flows 6| miles, NE and AV by
N, to the Spey at Boat of Bridge, its westward course,
flanked by the Highland railway, parting the parish
into two fairly equal halves. Strathspey here sinks
from less than 300 to less than 200 feet above sea-level,
but elsewhere the surface exceeds at all points 400 feet,
the principal elevations in the southern half being bulky
Ben Aigan (1544 feet), Knock More (1167), and Knockan
(1219); in the northern, the Hill of Cairnty (606) and
Thief's Hill (819). Gneiss rock prevails along the
southern border, and mica and talc strata also occur, the
former traversed by frequent veins of quartz and by one
narrow vein of limestone that has been worked in several
places for calcining and building purposes. Little more
than a fourth of the surface is under the plough, planta-
tions covering a larger area, and clothing the slopes of
Ben Aigan up to 1000 feet, of Cairnty up to the summit.
In the Boharm section of Strathspey Skene places
Tuessis, a town of the Vacomagi mentioned by Ptolemy
in the 2d century a.d. {Celt. Scot., i. 74). In the S,
near the Fiddich, stood Gouldwell Castle, the 'Castellum
de Bucharin ' in 1200 of the Flemish Freskines, ances-
tors of the Morays of Abercairney and the Dukes of
Athole. A massive structure, measuring within 119
feet by 24, it has left but inconsiderable vestiges; the
ancient church of Arndilly lay 1 mile to the NNE.
Two fine modern mansions are Arndilly, on the Spey,
2J miles N of Craigellachie, and Auchlunkart House,
1| mile SAV of Mulben station. They are the seats of
Col. Jn. Grant-Kiuloch of Logie, and AV. F. D. Steuart,
Esq., owners respectively of 5895 and 6812 acres, valued
at £2864 and £4562 per annum. Comprising the former
parish of Arndilly and part of that of Dundurens,
Boharm is in the presbytery of Aberlour and synod of
Moray; its minister's income is £263. The parish church
BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF
(rebuilt 1793 ; 575 sittings) stands 1J mile AVSAV of
Mulben, and there is also a Free church. Of 4 public
schools — Blaekhillock, Boharm, Forgie, and Maggy-
knockater — the second is now amalgamated with the
first; and in 1891, with respective accommodation for
172, 51, and 128 children, the three had an average
attendance of 130, 29, and 40, and grants of £129, 2s.,
£22, 7s., and £36, 14s. Valuation £4464. Pop. (1831)
1385, (1841) 1261, (1861) 1412, (1871) 1337, (1891)
1266.— Ord. Sur., sh. 85, 1876.
Bohunton, a village near the mutual boundary of In-
verness-shire and Argyllshire, 16 miles from its post-
town Fort William.
Boindie. See Boyndie.
Boisdale, a hamlet and a sea-loch in South Uist parish,
Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire. The hamlet lies near
the head of the sea-loch. The loch opens 3 miles N of
the south-eastern extremity of South Uist island; pene-
trates upwards of 4 miles westward, to within li mile
of the AV coast; has a very indented outline and numer-
ous islets ; is one of the best, safest, and largest harbours
in the kingdom; and affords shelter to vessels in the
Baltic trade under stress of weather. A small half-
ruined tower is at its entrance. The registration district
had in 1891 a population of 22S3.
Bold Burn, a rivulet of the eastern section of Traquair
parish, E Peeblesshire. Rising on the S slope of Far
Hill (1732 feet), it rims past Bold Rig (12S0 feet), 2|
miles north-north-westward to the Tweed, 2 miles E of
Innerleithen.
Boleskine and Abertarff, a united parish of central
Inverness-shire, containing the NE foot of Loch Oich
and the SAV head of Loch Ness, where stands the village
of Fort Augustus, 83J miles SE of Inverness, and 31J
NAV of Fort AVilliam, by the Caledonian Canal. The
Abertarff portion lies mostly to the W of Loch Ness and
the Canal, the Boleskine portion to the E ; and the
whole parish is bounded NE by Dores and Daviot, E by
Moy, S by Laggan, SAVbyKilmonivaig, NAVbyTJrquhart-
Glenmoriston. It has a length from N to S of from 8|
to 15 miles, and a breadth from E to AV of from 1| to
20 miles. By the Order of the Boundary Commission-
ers in 1891 the Farraline detached portion of Boleskine
(1369 acres) was transferred to the parish of Dores, and
the Dell and Killin detached portions of Dores (unitedly
2465 acres) were transferred to Boleskine parish. Be-
sides Lochs Oich and Ness, which lie at an altitude
above sea-level of 105 and less than 50 feet, it contains
Loch Garth (13 x 4 furl, at 618 feet), Loch nan Lann
(5Jx2i furl.), Loch Knockie (10x1 to 4 furl.), Loch
Tarff (5x5 furl, at 956 feet), Loch nan Ean (3J x 1
furl.), Loch Killin (9x2 furl.), Loch Uanagan (4x1
furl. ), all of them in the eastern division, and nearly 50
smaller lochs and tarns. The principal rivers are the
Oich, running 6| miles NNE out of Loch Oich to Loch
Ness; the Moriston, tracing 5 miles of the Urquhart
boundary; and the Taefp and the Foyers, which, with
their head-streams and innumerable affluents, drain all
the eastern portion of the parish to Loch Ness. Save in
the Great Glen, traversed by the Canal, and in Strath-
errick to the NE, which are comparatively low and
level, the surface everywhere is grandly mountainous.
In the western division rise Burach (19S6 feet), *Meall
na Ruahaig (158S), and *Carn Mhic Raonuill (1S62), the
asterisks marking those summits that culminate just on
the boundary. In the eastern division the chief eleva-
tions, from N to S, and crosswise from AV to E, are Cam
Choire Riabhaich (1773 feet), Meall na Targaid (1016),
Leachd nan Cisteaehan (1926), Carn Fliuch-bhad (2153),
and *Carn na Saobhaidhe (265S); Beinn a' Bhacaidh
(1812), Bein Mheadhoin (1773), and Doire Meurach
(25S2); Carn Dubh (2495), Carn a' Choire Ghlaise (2555),
and *Borrach Mor (2686); Creag Ardochy (1417), Dubh
Lochan (2205), Cairn Vangie (2331), Carn Easgann Bana
(2554), Meall nan Uamh (2297), An Staingeach (2748),
and *Fiadh Fardach(2805); Meall a' Cholumain (1034),
Cam a' Chuilinn (2677), Meall Caca (2490), *Carn Odhar
naCriche(2927), *Caim Ewen(2870), and *Carn naCriche
(2820); and, on the southern boundary, belonging to
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