Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

MOY AND DALAROSSIE
them coming up, gave the command in loud tones for
' the Mackintoshes, Macgillivrays, and Macbeans, to
form in the centre, the Maedonalds on the right, and the
Frasers on the left,' while at the same time all the party
fired off their muskets. The flashes coming from dif-
ferent points, Loudoun fancied that he was confronted
by a whole division of the Highland army, and a man
being killed by one of the random shots, a panic set in,
and the royalists fled in headlong haste to Inverness, and
hardly halted till they had crossed Kessock Ferry into
Ross-shire. Lady Drummuir, in whose house both
Charles Edward and the Duke of Cumberland lived in
Inverness, was the mother of ' Colonel Anne.' Fraser's
descendants remained on the estate till 1840. About
J mile NW of the scene of the ' Rout ' is a small cairn
called TJaigh-an-duine-bheo, or 'the living man's grave,'
on account of a vassal of the Laird of Dunmaglass
having been here buried alive as a punishment for
perjury. In a dispute as to marches he had gone to a
certain spot and sworn by the head under his bonnet,
that the earth under his feet belonged to the Laird of
Dunmaglass, but on examination it was found that there
was a cock's head concealed in his bonnet, and that his
brogues contained earth, and so he paid the penalty of
his falsehood. To the NE of the loch, near the source of
the Burn of Tullochlary, is the traditional scene of the
slaughter of the last wolf of Strath Dearn, the story of
which — except for the Scottish dialect — is well told in
Chap. iii. of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's Account of
the Great Floods of 1829 in the Province of Moray, where
there is also an interesting account of the ravages of the
Findhorn and the other streams in the parish during
this great flood. During the clan period Moy was, as
may be inferred from what has been already said, wholly
in the possession of the Mackintoshes. A main road
from Inverness by Daviot enters the parish on the NW
by the hollows of Craggie Burn and Moy Burn, and at
the Free church above Tomatin House crosses the river
by a bridge erected at a cost of £2600, to replace one
swept away by the flood of 1829, and strikes south-east-
ward through Duthil to Carrbridge, and so to the high-
land road through Strathspey. From the mouth of
Glen Moy downward, and from Findhorn Bridge upward
to Dalveg 8 miles from the source of the river, there are
good district roads, and from the E end of Loch Moy
the old military road formed by General Wade struck
westward by Creag-nan-eoin and on to Inverness. Across
the northern portion of the parish in a north-westerly
direction, and following more or less closely the line of
this main road, runs the new Aviemore and Inverness
branch of the Highland railway. There is a Kirkton at
Moy, where there is a post and telegraph office, and a
hamlet at FEBEBtrRN, between Moy and Findhorn
Bridge. At the latter place great cattle and sheep fairs
are held. Mansions and shooting lodges are Moy Hall,
Tomatin House, Kyllachy Lodge, Dalmigavie Lodge,
and Glenmazeran Lodge.
The parish is in the presbytery of Inverness and the
synod of Moray, and the living is worth £274 a year.
A church of ' Dalfergussyn in Stratherne ' is mentioned
in the Chartulary of Moray between 1224 and 1242,
and again subsequently as Tallaracie, and the name is
possibly taken from Fergus, bishop and confessor,
whose missionary labours extended as far N as Caith-
ness, and to whom the church had been dedicated.
The church of Moy is mentioned in 1222. Moy was
divided between Dyke and Dalarossie in 1618. The
church was included in the parish now described, and
stands on the S bank of Loch Moy. It was built in
1765 and repaired in 1829. The church of Dalarossie
proper is 7 miles distant on the bank of the Findhorn,
and was built in 1790. Each contains about 450 sittings,
and is surrounded by a churchyard. There is a Free
church midway between, at Findhorn Bridge. The
public schools of Dalarossie and Raibeg, with respective
accommodation for 50 and 90 children, have an average
attendance of about 20 and 50, and grants amounting
to over £35 and £65. Pop. (1755) 1693, (1821) 1334,
(1831) 1098, (1861) 1026, (1871) 1005, (1881) 822,
MUCK
(1891) 730, of whom 365 were males, and 557 Gaelic-
speaking.— Orrf. Sur., shs. 84, 74, 73, 1876-77-78.
Moy, Broom of, a village in Dyke and Moy parish,
Elginshire, near the left bank of the Findhorn, 1J mile
W by N of Forres.
Moydart or Moidart, a district in the south-western
extremity of the mainland of Inverness-shire, and a sea-
loch on the boundary between Inverness-shire and Ar-
gyllshire. The district is bounded on the N and NE by
Arasaig; on the SE and S by Loch Shiel, the river Shield
and Loch Moydart, which divide it from Argyllshire;
and on the W by the Atlantic Ocean. Its greatest
length, from E to W, is 18 miles; and its mean breadth
is 7 miles. Its coast is deeply indented by Lochs Na-
Nuagh, Aylort, and Moydart; and its interior, though
thoroughly Highland, possesses little interest. The
principal objects challenging attention are the mansion
of Kinlochmoydart, a Roman Catholic chapel, the ruined
Castle Tirrim, and some woods along Loch Shiel and
portions of the coast. The district forms part of the
enormous parish of Ardnamurchan. Loch Moydart,
opening due SE of Eigg island at a distance of 9 miles,
penetrates 5 miles east-south-eastward; is split over two-
thirds of its length by Shona island; lies mostly among
low heathy hills ; and, except for having on its shores
Kinlochmoydart House, Castle Tirrim, and some patches
of wood, wears a bare and forbidding aspect. The section
S of Shona is the main channel. See Rev. C. MacDonald's
Moidart; or, Among the Clanronalds (Oban, 1889).
Moy Lodge, a pretty shooting-box in Laggan parish,
Inverness-shire, on the right bank of the Spean, 1§ mile
below its exit from Loch Laggan, 5 miles from Inverlair
station on the West Highland railway, and 38J miles
SW of Kingussie. On the Ardverikie estate, it is
the property of Sir John Ramsden, Bart., of Byrom,
Yorkshire.— Ord. Sur., sh. 63, 1873.
Moyness, a village in Auldearn parish, Nairnshire,
5 miles ESE of Nairn.
Muasdale, a village, with an inn and a post office, in
Killean and Kilehenzie parish, Kintyre, Argyllshire, 4
miles S by W of Tayinloan.
Muchairn. See Muckairn.
Muchalls, a village in Fetteresso parish, Kincardine-
shire, with a station on the North-Eastern section of
the Caledonian railway, 5 miles NNE of Stonehaven,
under which it has a post office, with money order,
savings bank, and railway telegraph. Muchalls Epis-
copal church (St Ternan's) was built in 1831, and en-
larged in 1865 and 1S70. Four predecessors — the oldest
dating from 1624 — stood 1 mile to the S. There is a
public school, with accommodation for 55 children.
Muchalls Castle, on a rising-ground, is a venerable
edifice; and was long the seat of the baronet family of
Burnett of Leys.— Ord. Sur., sh. 67, 1871.
Muck, an Inverness-shire island in the parish of Small
Isles and the district of Mull, 3 miles NNW of the
nearest point of the mainland, and 2J SSW of Eigg.
Its length, from ENE to WSW, is 2| miles; its maxi-
mum breadth is 2 miles; and its area is 1586 acres.
The surface is undulating throughout, and only one
solitary decided hill, near the W end, shoots up from
the general level, attaining the height of 600 feet. The
shores are in general low and rooky, but at the W end
they rise into cliffs of 50 or 60 feet in height. There
are several more or less convenient landing-places for
fishing-boats, and two small piers, but there is no safe
harbour. The body of the island is trap of the pre-
dominant varieties of basalt and fine greenstone, but at
the bay of Camusmore the protrusion of beds of sand-
stone and limestone indicates the presence of a lower
strata of secondary rocks. The soil of Muck is fertile
when under tillage, and bears a rich crop of grass. The
supply of spring-water is ample. But the chief natural
want of the island is fuel, peat having to be procured
with labour and expense from the neighbouring islands
or the mainland. The main industry of the inhabitants
is fishing.
Muck was for a long period the property of the Abbey
of Iona, and its present name is said to be a corruption
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