Gazetteer of Scotland

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Cartlane, and formed a bed through
i'olid rock. It teems prefamable that
this vaft chafm has originally been
formed by fome earthquake, which,
rending the rocks, allowed the water
to pafs that way." After palling Lan-
ark, it proceeds by Hamilton to Glaf-
gow, receiving in its comic many tri-
butary ftreams, of which the Avon,
the South and North Cotters i are the
chief. Over the river, at Glasgow,
is thrown a fine bridge ; and feveral
ferial bridges are erected near its
iburce. After palling Glasgow, it
becomes navigable, receiving the river
Lenten at Dumbarton, and the river
Cart near Renfrew. Oppoftte New-
port, Glafgow, the ft ream is about 2
miles broad ; but only a fmall part of
it is navigable by velfels of burden.
After palling Greenock., it falls into the
Frith of Clyde, oppolite to the ifland
of Bute. The Clyde, every where be-
low the Corra linn, abounds with fal-
mon ; but above this fall river trout
are only found.
CLYDESDALE, or STRATH-
CLYDE; one of the three wards
into which Lanarkfhire is divided, hav-
ing the river Clyde running through
and dividing it into two nearly equal
parts. It gives title of Marquis to
the eldeft lbn of the Duke of Hamil-
ton.
Clyde slaw; a high hill in the
pariih of Crawford, from which the
river Clyde takes its rife.
CLYNE ; a Highland parifn in the
county of Sutherland, of which the
inhabited part extends in length about
24, and in breadth from 8 to 4 miles.
It is fituated on the E. coaft, from
which the Ihore Safes gradually to the
mountains. There are a great num-
ber of black cattle and fheep reared,
but although many parts are capable
of improvement, agriculture is little
attended to. Loch Brora is a beauti-
ful fheet of water, which difcharges it-
felf into the lea by a rivulet of the
fame name, at the entrance of which
there is a tolerable harbour. The in-
habitants on the coait are moftly fiih-
ers, but their poverty and want of en-
couragement, prevent the fiihery from
being prolecuted to advantage. There
is plenty of excellent freeftone, 3 or 4
quarries of limeftone, and coal is faid
to have been formerly wrought in the
pariih. There are feveral Pictiih an-
c o c
tiquities; in particular, a flrongly For-
tified hill, on the S. iide of Loch Bro-
ra, which is eileemed ahnoft impreg-
nable by any force, -even afiifted by
modern artillery. Population in 1792,
1660.
Cockburn Lav/; a mountain in
the pariih of Dunfe, in the county of
Berwick. It riles from a bafe of at
leaft 6 miles in circumference to a co-
nical top, which is nearly a mile from
its bafe. The elevation is about 900
feet above the level of the fea, which
makes it a fine landmark for mariners.
On the N. fide, a little below the mid-
dle of the hill, are the ruins of a very
old building, called Woden** or Ed-
win's hall. It confifts of 3 concen-
tric circles, the diameter of the inner-
mofl being 40 feet, the thickaefs of
the walls 7 feet, and the fpaces be-
tween the walls 7 and 10 feet; fhefe
fpaces have been arched over, and di-
vided into cells of 12, 16, and 20 feet»-
It is remarkable in this ftructure, that
the ftones are not cemented by any
kind of mortar ; they are chieSy whin,
and made to lock into one another
with grooves and projections, executed
with vaft labour. It is fuppofed to
have been a PicrHh building, and af-
terwards ufed as a military ftation.
COCKBURNSPATH ; a pariih on
the fea coaft in the county of Berwick.
It confifts of two parts- ; one high an tl
mountainous, the other comparatively
low and even. The upper divifioir
makes part of the Lamraermuir hills,
which approach within 3 miles of the
ihore towards the W. ; the lower di-
vifion on the fea coaft is light and
fandy, interfperfed with fields of rich.
deep clay. The Ihore is high, prefent-
mg a fet of cliffs about 100 feet above
the le'*el of the fea ; behind the cliffs
the ground rifes gently towards the
hills, having many deep dens or ra-
vines, whofe fides are fometimes fiop-
ing and covered with verdure,, but the
general appearance is rocky, with
overhanging woods. Over one of thefe
ravines is thrown the Peaths or Peefe-
brldge, planned and executed by Mr.
Henderfon in 1786. This bridge is-
123 feet from the furface of the water
to the parapet, 300 feet in length, and
15 feet wide, and is looked upon as
a mafterpiece of architecture. About
Dunglafs-, the feat of Sir James Hall,
there is a great deal of fine wood, and
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