Gazetteer of Scotland

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low water. There are feveral cairns;
fome of which, when demolished, have
been found to contain urns filled with
human allies and bones. The ruin of
Caflle-Keunedy thews it to have been a
Strong and malfy building; part of the
walls, ft ill ftanding, are 70 feet in
height. The Earl of Stair has an ele-
gant caftle in the parifh, where he oc-
cafionally refi'des. There are feveral
Springs, containing both fulphur and
iron in folution. Population in 1793,
1450.
INCH-ABER; a fmall ifland of
Loch Lomond, in Dumbartonshire,
Situated at the mouth -of the river
£}2drick.
INCH-BRAYOCK, or INCH-
BROYOCK ; a fmall ifland, at the
mouth of the South Efi, in Forfarfhire,
near Montrofe. It contains about 34
acres, and has lately been of great im-
portance from its two bridges, -on the
turnpike road from Arbroath to Mon-
trofe, which pa-ffes acrofs this ifle.
One bridge of ftone communicates ;
with the parifh of Craig ; and another
of wood with a draw-bridge, connects
the ifland with Montrofe. Streets
have been formed through the ifland,
on which building is advancing rapid-
ly ; and a company have lately formed
a large and convenient dry dock, for
repairing and building of fhips. It is
fituated in the parifh of Craig, the
burial-place of which is on the ifland.
INCH-CAILLOCH ; « the ifland of
old women ;" an ifland of Loch Lo-
mond. It is about a mile in length,
elevated, and covered with trees ; it
is the property of the Duke of Mon-
trofe, is inhabited, and produces good
wheat and oats. On it was anciently
a nunnery, the parifh church of which
was once the pariih church of Buchan-
nan ; the burial ground of which is
Still on the ifland.
INCH-CLEAR ; a fmall ifland of
Loch Lomond, entirely covered with
wood.
INCH-COLM, or COLUMBAj a
fmall ifland in the Frith of Forth, a-
bout a mile from the village of Aber-
dour in Fife, to which parifii it is
annexed. On it are the remains of
a famous monaftery of Auguftines,
founded in 11 23 by Alexander I. in
confequence of a vow. It was richly
endowed by the munificence of that
prince j and, fo famous was the place
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for 'its fanctity, that Alan de Mor-
timer, Lord of Aberdour, bellowed
half of the lands of Aberdour on the
monks of the ifland, for the privilege
of a family burial-place in their church.
The wealth of the place proved fo
great a temptation to the fokliersand
tailors employed in the Scottiih inva-
sion of Edward III. that they ravaged
the monaftery, without refpect to the
fanctity of the place, or of its-mhabit-
ants ; they even fpared not the fur-
niture, more immediately confecrated
to divine worihip: but due vengeance
overtook them ; for, in a Storm which
mftantly followed, many of them pe-
rifhed; and thofe who elcaped, ftruck
with the juftice of the judgment,
vowed to make ample recompenfe to
the injured Saint. The tempeft ceafed,
and they made the promifed atone-
ment. It continued a place of great
confequence and fanctity, until the
reformation completed the ruin of
thofe religious houfes, which time
had not before fwept away. There
are ftill to be feen a fquare tower,
belonging to the church, the ruins of
the church, and of feveral other build-
ings. There is a Danish monument
on the S. E. fide of the building,
fculptured with fcale like figures, and
with the reprefentation of feveral hu-
man heads. The ifland is the property
of the Earl of Moray, who has alfo
the title of Lord of St. Colme. Some
years ago, an attempt was made to co-
ver the ifland with trees, which would
have increafed its pi-cturefque appear-
ance, but the attempt did not fucceed.
Its coafts furnifli great quantities of
fea ware, from which a confiderable
quantity of kelp is annually made.
INCH-CRUIN ; a fmall ifland of
Loch Lomond, on which is erected an
afylum for in fane perfons.
INCH-EFFRAY; an ancient abbey
in the parifh of Madd^rty, in Perth-*
Shire, now in ruins, feaied on an emi-
nence, nearly furrounded by the Po<w
river, and belonging to the Earl of
Kinnoul. It was endowed with many
privileges by King David I. and Alex-
ander III. and was efteemed one of
the richefl abbacies in the kingdom.
The property of the abbey, and 7 or
8 acres around it, fecures to the noble
owner the right of patronage of iz
parifhes, which were formerly attached
to it.
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