Gazetteer of Scotland

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MIU
south-south-west of Inverary, Argyleshire.
It lias a post office, with money order and
telegraph departments, designated of
Argyleshire, and a castellated mansion.
MINCH, portion of sea, from 20 to 30
miles wide, separating Lewis, Outer
Hebrides, from northern part of Scottish
mainland.
MINCH (LITTLE), sound, from 10 to 20
miles wide, separating middle part of
Outer Hebrides from Isle of Skye.
MINCHMOOR, broad-based lumpish
mountain, 1856 feet high, culminating 3
miles north of Yarrow hamlet, Selkirkshire.
MINDERNAL, lofty hill in Durris parish,
Kincardineshire.
MINDORK, quondam baronial fortalice
in Kirkcowan parish, Yfigtonshire.
MINEFIELD, place, with lead and copper
mine, in Glencreran, Lorn, Argyleshire.
MINES, village in Minnigaff parish,
Kirkcu dbrigb tshire.
MINGALAY, island, with precipitous
coasts and lofty cliffs, 9 miles south-west
of Barra, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 150.
MINGARRY, imposing remains of strong
ancient castle, which figured much in the
wars of the Lords of the Isles, on Ardna-
murchan coast, 7 miles north of Tobermory,
Argyleshire.
MINGINISH, section of Bracadale parish,
Isle of Skye.
MINISHANT, village in Maybole parish,
Ayrshire. It has a post office under
Maybole, and a public school with about
57 scholars.
MINN, sea-inlet off head of St. Magnus
Bay, Shetland.
MINNICK, rivulet, running 6 miles west-
ward to the Nith at 2 miles south-east of
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.
MINNICK, lake in Kells parish, Kirk-
cudbrightshire.
MINNICK, rivulet, running about 13
miles southward to the Cree at 13 miles
north-north-west of Creetown, Kirkcud-
brightshire.
MINNIEHIVE, or MONIAIVE, village, 7
miles north-north-west of Thornhill, Dum-
friesshire. It has a post office, with
money order and telegraph departments,
under Thornhill, a banking office, 2 inns,
an ancient cross, a monument to the
martyr Renwick, Free and United Presby-
terian churches, and 2 public schools with
about 216 scholars. Pop. 452.
MINNIGAFF, village and parish on west
border of Kiikcudbrightshire. The village
stands on Cree river, opposite Newton-
Stewart, is suburban to that town, and
has a large handsome parochial church
of 1836. — The parish contains also Cree-
bridge, Millcroft, Mines, and Blackcraig
villages ; measures 18 miles by 12 ; and
comprises 88,130 acres. Eeal property
in 1880-81, £18,337. Pop., quoad civilia,
15S7; quoad sacra, 1384. The surface
includes a strip of carse land adjacent
to the Cree, but consists mostly of
a portion of the Southern Highlands,
and contains several stvmmits from 1700
to 2331 feet high. Lakes are numerous,
but the largest are not more than 2 miles
long. The seats are Kirouchtree, Cum-
lodden, Cairnsmore, and Machermore ; and
the chief antiquities are numerous tumuli,
three moat-hills, and ruins of Garlies
Castle. A quoad sacra parochial church
is at Bargrennan. Two schools for 216
scholars are in the parish, and 1 of them
and an enlargement for 129 are new.
MINNISHANT. See Minishant.
MINNONIE, burn, running to the
Deveron in King-Edward parish, Aber-
deenshire.
MINNYHIVE. See Minniehive.
MINTLAW, village, 9 miles west-north-
west of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. It has
a head post office with money order and
telegraph departments, a railway station,
a banking office, and a public school with
about 76 scholars. Pop. 435.
MINTO, village and parish in Roxburgh-
shire. The village stands about 1 mile
north-north-west of Denholm, and 1^ mile
north-east of Hassendean railway station,
is small but beautiful, and has a handsome
parochial church and a neat public school.
— The parish measures 5f miles by 3, and
comprises 5602 acres. Real property in
1880-81, £7226. Pop. 433. The river
Teviot traces all the south-eastern bound-
ary. A strip of haugh lies along the river;
a fine winding dell descends along the west
to that haugh; two green domical hills, 905
and 870 feet high, flank the east side of
that dell ; an inclined plain, with diversity
of feature, descends from these hills to
the greater part of the haugh ; and a ridge
deflects from the east side of the upper
hill onward to a terminal height of 712
feet, and breaks down there in a frontage
of picturesque crags to the haugh. Minto
House, the seat of the Earl of Minto,
stands amid ornate grounds on the in-
clined plain. Other seats are Teviotbank
and Hassendeanburn. The only antiquity
is Fatlips Castle, an old ruin sung by Sir
"Walter Scott, recently reconstructed in
romantic shaj)e, and situated near the top
of the crags. There are 2 schools with
capacity for 92 scholars.
MIOBLE, rivulet, entering Loch Morar,
in south-west of Inverness-shire.
MIRE, drained lake in Dunnichen parish,
Forfarshire.
MIREBIRD, flat tract in Banchory-
Ternan parish, Kincardineshire.
MIRES, lofty hill in Eaglesham parish,
Renfrewshire.
MIRRAN, rivulet in Fortingal parish,
Perthshire.
MIRRITON, quondam seat of branch of
the noble family of Hamilton, in Hamilton
parish, Lanarkshire.
MISTYLAW, hill, 1863 feet high, 4£
miles west-north-west of Lochwinnoch,
Renfrewshire.
MIULIE, lake, with islet, near head of
Glenstrathfarrar, Inverness-shire.