Gazetteer of Scotland

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ki its northern extremity. The parifh I it to be rcforted to by a great fifhircg.
is watered by a covfiderable ftream,
which runs at the bottom of a valley
called Battle's den, over which _ is
thrown a high bridge on the turnpike
road from Dundee to Arbroath. There
are feveral villages, viz. Eajl and Wejl
Havens, Panbrlde, Skrine, and Mulr-
{Irum ; at the latter of which is a poft-
office. In the northern part of the
parifh ftands the houfe of Pamnure,
with its extenfive enclofures and plan-
tations, the property of the Hon. W.
Ramfay Maule, but at prefent the re-
sidence of his brother, the Hon. Capt.
Ramfay. Near the houfe are the vaults
and foundations of the old caftle of
Panmure, long the feat of the Earls of
that name. The anceftors of Hector
Boethius or BoErE, were for feve-
ral generations proprietors of the ba-
rony of Panbride ; and it is generally
reported, that that hiftorian was born
in this pariih. In 1801, the popula-
tion was 13.83 ; increafe 123 iince
3791, and 201 more fince 1755.
PANNANACH, or PANNANICH ;
a village in Aberdeenfhire, in the pa-
rifh of Glenmuick, noted for its mi-
neral waters. Thefe waters iffue from
the N. fide of the hill of Pannanacb,
and are faid to referable the Seltzer
water in Germany, being ftrongly im-
pregnated with the aerial acid. They
are of great fervice in gravelliih, fcor-
butic, and fcrophulous affections. The
wells are the property of Mr. Far-
quharfon of Mo?ialtrie, who has clear-
ed the fpring, and covered them, and
erected feveral houfes for the accom-
modation of the water drinkers, and
a public and private bath. He has
alfo built a large and commodious
houfe, called Pannanacb Lodge, on
the banks of the Dee, about a mile
from the wells.
PAPA-STOUR ; a fmall ifland of
Shetland, about a mile W. of the
Mainland, lying in the parifh of Walls
and Sandnefs. It is about 2 miles long,
and 1 broad; flat, and extremely agree-
able in fummer. The foil is fandy,
and, in a warm fummer, when well
manured with lea weed, yiefds rich
crops of bear, oats, and potatoes. The
grafs it produces is exceedingly rich.
It poiTeiTes feveral fmall voes or har-
bours, which afford fafe fhelter to the
fiihing boats. The beaches are excel-
lent for drying fifh, which have caufed
company from England, who have e-
redted convenient drying-houfes upon,
it. There is a very remarkable cave,,
by which the fea flows a great way
under the rocks of the iiland. in
1792, it contained 285 inhabitants.
PAPA-STRONSAY.; a fmall ifland'
of Orkney, lying on the N. E. fide of
Stronfay, about half a mile diilant
from that ifland. It is about 3 miles
in circumference ;. -flat, and fo fertile,,
that, under proper management, it
might be made one continued corn,
field ; it lies at a mouth of a creek or
harbour of Stronfay,. to which it gives
the name of Papa Sound. -There are
2 ruinous chapels' on the 'ifland, dedi-
cated to St. Nicholas and St. Bride;,
and, half way between thefe chapels,,
is an eminence called the Earl's Know,
which has a number of graves, con-,
taining human bones of a large iize.
PAPA- WE STRAY; an ifland of
Orkney, lying on the N. fide of Weft-
ray, about 3 miles from that ifland,"
and 25 from Kirkwall, the head town,
of the ftewartry. It is of an oval form ;
about 4 miles long, and 1 broad ; it is
a very fertile ifland, containing the befi:
arable and pafture land in the Orkneys;
it is divided into 24 ploughgates of
land, and contains about 240 inhabit-
ants. On the fhore are annually burnt
about 70 tons of kelp.
Paps of Jura ; four mountains in
the ifland of Jura, which are confpi-
cuous at a great diftance. Their names
are Beinn-achaolms, " the mountain
of the found •". Beinn-an-oir, " the
mountain of gold ;" Beinn-Jheunta,
" the facred mountain ;" and Corra-
bheinn, " the fteep and rugged moun-
tain." Vide Jura.
PATH-HEAD ; a confiderable vil-
lage in Fifefhire, in the parifh of Dy-
fart ; long famous for its manufacto-
ries of nails. It is fituated on the face
of a hill looking towards the Frith of
Forth, on the road from the N. of
Fife to Ki.rkaldy, and is divided into
two diftricts, called Dunnikier, on the
eftate of Mr. Ofwald, and Sinclair-
toiun, on tire eftate of General Sir
James Erfkine St. Clair. Of late, the
making of nails in this village has
been in a great meafure given up to
follow the different branches of weav-
ing ; but, in 1792, there were ftill 43
fmiths, who made about 6 millions of
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