Gazetteer of Scotland

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MOAN, lake on north-west border of
Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
MOAR, cascade on Lyon river, Perth-
shire.
MOAT, burn in Tweedsmuir parish,
Peeblesshire.
MOCHRUM, village and parish on south
coast of Wigtonshire. The village stands
9 miles south-west of "Wigton, and has a
post office under Port- William, a paro-
chial church, and a public school. — The
parish contains also Port-William and
Eldrig villages ; measures 9^ miles by 6 ;
and comprises 24,071 acres. Real property
in 1880-81, £16,174. Pop. 2315. A nar-
row belt of flat gravel beach lies along the
east side of Luce Bay ; a steep bank, almost
a precipice, flanks the beach ; and a mix-
ture of flats, hills, lakes, and moors forms
most of the interior. Mochrum Fell,
broad-based, and 646 feet high, is promi-
nent. Monreith, the seat of Sir Herbert
E. Maxwell, Bart., is the chief residence ;
and Old Place of Mochrum, a decayed
strong castle, now belonging to the Marquis
of Bute, is a chief antiquity. A United
Presbyterian church is at Port-William.
Five schools for 499 scholars are in the
parish, and 2 of them and an enlargement
for 292 are new.
MOCHRUM, broad - based, conical,
wooded, conspicuous hill, with magnifi-
cent view, midway between Maybole and
Kirkoswald, Ayrshire.
MOCLET, headland at south-east of
Papa-Westray Island, Orkney.
MOFFAT, town in Dumfriesshire, and
parish partly also in Lanarkshire. The
town stands adjacent to Annan river, 2
miles north-by-east of Beattock railway
station, and 21 by road, but 29J through
Beattock, north-north-east of Dumfries ;
was acquiring in 1881-82 a railway to the
Caledonian at Beattock ; sprang from
a village dating back to at least 14th
century ; began, in latter part of last
century, to attract convalescents and other
visitors for benefit of health ; acquired
such celebrity as has long drawn to it up-
wards of 5000 visitors a year ; commands
three medicinal springs, delightful views,
and rich appliances of recreation ; enjoys
a salubrious climate, beautiful environs,
and the shelter of a grand mountain semi-
amphitheatre ; presents a modern, well-
built, clean, and agreeable appearance ;
publishes 2 weekly newspapers ; and has
a head post office with money order and
telegraph departments, 3 banking offices,
. good hotels, many lodging-houses, pure
water supply, baths, a curious public foun-
tain of 1875, a hydropathic establishment
of 1877, assembly and reading rooms, a
steepled Established church of 1790, a
steepled Free church of 1843, a United
Presbyterian church of 1863, an Episco-
palian church of 1872, and an academy
of 1834, enlarged in 1876. Pop. 2161.—
The parish measures about 15 miles in
length and Si in greatest breadth, and
comprises 39,846 acres in Dumfriesshire,
and 3119 in Lanarkshire. Real property
in 1880-81, £28,739 and £1194. Pop.
2909 and 21. A watershed of Hart-
fell Mountains, with some of the loftiest
summits of the Southern Highlands, forms
most of the northern boundary ; other
mountain watersheds form all the eastern
and part of the western boundaries ; and
glens and vales, traversed by Annan,
Moffat, and Evan rivers, together with
flanking heights, form most of the in-
terior. The Annan rises adjacent to the
northern boundary, and runs southward
3 miles through the interior, and 5
along the western boundary ; the Moffat
rises adjacent to the north-eastern boun-
dary, is soon joined by the stream from
Loch Skene and Grey Mare's Tail, and
runs 10^ miles south-westward to the
Annan at 2 miles south of the town ; and
the Evan traverses a mountain pass 6
miles southward across the north-western
wing, andruns thence, through Kirkpatrick-
Juxta, to the Annan. Moffat well, the
chief of the medicinal springs, is about li
mile north-north-east of the town ; and
Hartfell spa, situated in a deep ravine, is
about 2j? miles farther north-north-east.
Chief seats are Dumcrieff, Craigieburn,
Larchhill, and Granton ; and chief anti-
quities are a Roman road, some moats,
and several ruined peel-towers. There
are 9 schools for 551 scholars, and 1 of
them and an enlargement for 64 are
new.
MOIDART. See MOYDAKT.
MOIN, lofty moorish tract, 12 miles long
and 4J broad, southward from Whiten-
head, on north coast of Sutherland.
MOIR, lake, 5 miles long, in Edder-
achyllis parish, Sutherland.
MOLL, ancient parish, now part of More-
battle, Roxburghshire.
MOLLANCE, seat in Crossmichael parish,
Kirkcudbrightshire.
MOLLENBURN, village in south-east
extremity of Cadder parish, Lanarkshire.
It has a public school.
MOLLINDINAR, burn, traversing ravine
between Cathedral and Necropolis, in
Glasgow.
MONACH, island in North Uist parish,
Outer Hebrides. Pop. 13.
MONACH, hill, 12 miles north-north-
east of Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.
MONADHLEADH, broad-based, rugged,
moorish mountain-range, extending about
26 miles north-eastward between upper
part of Strathspey and most part of Strath-
dearn, Inverness-shire.
MONAHOUDIE, large moss in Knockando
parish, Elginshire.
MONALTRIE, seat near Ballater, Aber-
deen.
MONANCE (ST.), seaport town, 1J mile
west-by-south of Pittenweem, on south-
east coast of Fife. It has a post office, with
money order and telegraph departments,
designated of Fife, a renovated ancient