Gazetteer of Scotland

upwards of 5000 tons in the year.
Immediately under the lower ftratum
of the bank, in which the collection
of fepiaria is lodged, is a fine ftratum
of limeftone, in which (hells, entrochi,
&c. in great variety, can be diftin&ly
feen. About 80 years ago, a vein of
copper was wrought near Corn, by
orders of the York Building Company,
but was afterwards given up. Mr.
Rafpe the mineralogift examined the
4rift, and found veins of cawk, or am-
orphous fulphat of barytes ; in fomc
places thinly fcattered with grains of
copper ore : he was of opinion, that
the vein might be wrought to great
advantage. Not far from this mine,
he found fpecimens of red and yellow
jafper, and nodules of porphyry and
agates, which received a high polifh,
and were extremely beautiful, and fit
for the lapidary. A hill, near the mid-
dle of the parifh, exhibits a fine fpeci-
men of bafaltic columns. In Garrel
glen is a quarry of the fineft white
freeftone, lying upon a bed of coal :
many of the coal ftalks penetrate the
freeftone, and leave on it fpecimens of
impreffions of delicate parts of vege-
tables, of a beautiful appearance. In
j 7 95, the population, as ftated by the
rev. Mr. Rennie, in his report to Sir
John Sinclair, was 2450; increafe 1055
frnce 1755.
KILTARLITY ; a mountainous
parilh in Invernefsfhire, formed by the
union of the parifhes of Kiltarlity and
Conveth. It is 30 miles in length,
and about 6 broad, containing 180
fquare miles, or 91,638 Scots acres;
of which 3000 are arable, the fame
extent under meadow grafs, and the
remainder under wood and heath.
There are 3 principal lakes, viz. Loch
Bruiach, Loch Gorm, and Loch Neattie;
and it is watered by the river Beaulie,
and the 3 ftreams which form it. On
thefe are erected various kinds of ma-
chinery ; and they all contain falmon.
The fifhing of the Beauhe is let to a
company in Perth, at 63 il. fterling
per annum. There are feveral elegant
manfion-houfes, of which Beaufort,
the feat of the Hon. Alexander Frazer
pi Lovat, and Belladrom, the feat of
Colonel Frazer, are the moft remark-
able. A few druidical temples, an
ancient watch-tower and a vitrified
fort, are to be feen here. In 1793,
the population was 2494 ; increafe
,531 fince 1753.
KIL
KILTEARN; a parifh in Rofs-
fhire, on the N. fide of the Frith of
Cromarty, extending 6 miles in length;
its breadth is various, but the culti-
vated land extends 2 miles from the
fea, while the mountainous and High-
land diftrict lies 5, 10, or even 15 miles
farther N. This laft diftrict is, for
the moft part, wild and uncultivated,
confifting of high mountains, with
rapid rivulets running in the glens,
^ind interfperfed with extenfive tracts
of muir and mofly ground. The ri-
ver Skiack waters this part, upon the
banks of which are upwards of 200
acres of arable and meadow ground.
Along the coaft the parifh is arable,
and exhibits a rich and beautiful ap-
pearance : the fields are regularly en-
clofed, and feveral large and elegant
gentlemens feats are feen, furrounded
with thriving plantations, of all kinds
of trees. About 5-fixths of the parifh
belongs to the family of Munro of
Fowlis, a family long diftinguifhed for
the military characters it has pro-
duced. Sir Henry Munro, who died
in 1 78 1, was faid to have been the
22d Baron of Fowlis, who had en-
joyed the eftate of Kiltearn by regu-
lar lineal defcent. Benuaijh, the moft
lofty mountain in the parifh, is con-
ftantly covered with fnow ; and the
redendo from the family of Fowlis for
the tenure of the foreft of Uai/J}, is the
payment of a fnow-ball to his Majefty
on any day of the year, if required ;
and, it is faid, that a quantity of fnow
was actually fent to the Duke of Cum-
berland in the fummer of 1746, when
at Invernefs, to cool his wine. Befides
the river Skiack, there are feveral other
rivers, which take their rife from lakes
amongft the mountains, and defcend
to the fea with aftonifhing rapidity,
J forming feveral remarkable cafcades.
1 There are very flattering indications
! of coal in the diftrict ; but, though
feveral attempts have been made, no
vein of confequence has been difco-
vered. Several of the hills contain
lead ore ; and fhell marl, of a rich
quality, is abundant. Near the houfe
of Clyne is a remarkable piece of an-
tiquity, which plainly appears to have
; been ufed by the druids as a place of
worfhip; it is of an oval figure, form-
' ed with large ftones fet upright, fi-
; milar, though on a fmaller fcale, to
j the celebrated temple ef Stonehen^e