Gazetteer of Scotland

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pafture ; and about a league to the S.
of it is a dangerous funk rock, about
a mile in circumference, called Paler-
fon's rock. Upon Sanda are the re-
mains of an old chapel, dedicated to
St. Columb'a.
S A N D A Y ; one of the Orkney
ides, the extent of which is 12 miles
in length, varying in breadth from 1
mile or lefs in fome places, to a or 3
in others. Its form is very irregular,
having many extended points, with
bays running a confiderable way in-
land. It lies to the N. E. of the ifles
of Eday and Sironfay, from which it
is feparated by a channel from 2 to 3
miies broad. The furface is low
and flat, particularly on the E. coaft,
which not only renders the coaft dan-
gerous to maviner;, but fubjects the
ifland to inundation from a fpring
tide, with a gale qf eafterly wind.
The foil is every where mixed with
fand, and, when well manured with
fea ware, produces as good crops as
any ifland of the Orkneys. The mak-
ing of kelp is the chief employment
of the people during the fummer; and
no ifland of the Orkneys, of the fame
extent of fea coaft, produces an equal
quantity with this ifland. It general-
ly produces 500 or 600 tons ; and 620
tons have been made in a feafon. The
two principal harbours are Kettletofit
on the S., and Ottsrfnvick on the N-
fide of the ifland, both pretty fafe and
commodious. The number of fheep
is 4200, of black cattle 13 14, of horfes
856, and of fwine 140. The ifland is
divided into two parifhes, viz. the
united parifh of Crofs and Burnefs,
and the parifh of Ladykirk, the popu-
lation of which was thus ftated in
3792:
Crofskirk, .... 579
Burnefs, 390
Ladykirk, .... 803
Total, . . .1772
SANDEND ; a fmall fea port vil-
lage in the parifh of Fbrdyce, in Banff-
fhire ; about 4 miles from the town
of Portfoy.
SANDERAY; a fmall ifland of
the Hebrides, in the diftrict of Bar-
ray, annexed to the county of Inver-
nefs. It is about 5 miles diftant from
Barray ; is 2 miles long, and 2 broad;
and contains 9 families, or 50 inhabit-
ants. There is a very large Danifh
dun on the E. coaft of the ifland.
SAN-
SANDNESS ; a parifh in the weft-
em parts of the Mainland of Shet-
land, united with Walls, Papa-
stour, and Fowla, in forming a pa-
rochial diftrict ; (vide Walls and
Sandness.) In 1797, it contained
532 inhabitants.
SANDSTING ; a parifh of Shet-
land, united to that of Ait h sting
The united parifh is fituated in the
middle of the Mainland, and is about
9 miles long, and 6 broad. The ap-
pearance of the parifh is hilly, and
the cultivated grounds lie moftly on
the fea coaft, or on the coafts of long
narrow njoes or friths, with which it is
every where interfected. The num-
ber of fheep is about 9000, of milk
cows 850, and of horfes 800. In 1792,
the population was 1285 ; increafe
374 fince 1755.
SAND WICK 5 a parifh in Shet-
land, united to Dunrossness and
Cunningsburgh in forming a paro-
chial charge. The united parifh lies
at the fouthern extremity of the Main-
land, and, in 1793, contained 3327 in-
habitants ; increafe 1032 fince 1755.
SAND WICK and STROMNESS ;
an united parifh in Orkney, fituated
at the W. end of the ifland of Pomo-
na ; about 9 miles long, and from z\
to £§ miles broad ; containing about
32 fquare miles, or 20,166 fquare acres,
of which 2146 are arable, 2400 grafs
and meadow lands, 500 covered with
mofs, 640 occupied by two fmall lakes,
and the remainder hilly and unculti-
vated. The live ftock is computed as
follows ; horfes 858, black cattle 1794,
fheep 2100, and fwine 500. The fur-
face, like moft of the Orkney iflands,
is bleak and barren, interfperfed with
cultivated fields ; but the appearance
of the S. border of this parifh is rather
more agreeable, and the prcfpect is fo
extenfive, as, long fince., to have in-
duced the Bifhops of the Orkneys to
make this parifh their place of refi-
dence. The coaft, which is about 18
miles in extent, is bold and rocky,
but poffefTes a fafe harbour, at the
town of Stromnefs, which is fituated
at the S. W. part of the parifh ; (vide
Stromness.) There is a flate quarry,
from which about 40,000 flates are
annually fold ; and there is plenty of
limeftone. Bead and iron ores are
found near the village of Stromnefs ;
the former of which has been attempt-
ed to be wrought, but was found of