Gazetteer of Scotland

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MON
Established church, a Free church, a
Congregational church, and a large public
school. Pop. 1918.
MONAR, lake, 5 miles long, overhung
by wild, steep, alpine mountains, at head
of Glenstrathfarrar, Inverness - shire.
Monar House is at its foot.
MONBODDO, seat in Fordoun parish,
Kincardineshire.
MONCRIEFF, seat of Sir Robert D.
Moncrieff, Bart., near Bridge of Earn,
Perthshire.
MONCRIEFF, or MORDUN, hill in
southern outskirts of Perth. It forms
most of the peninsula between the Tay
and the Earn ; is pierced by a railway
tunnel, 990 yards long ; rises to a height
of 756 feet above sea-level ; and commands
a superb view.
MONCUR, ruined ancient fortalice within
grounds of Bossie Priory, in Inchture,
Perthshire.
MONDUFF, estate in Fetteresso parish,
Kincardineshire. '
MONDYNES, section of Fordoun parish,
Kincardineshire.
MONEARN, lofty hill in Durris parish,
Kincardineshire.
MONEDIE, parish with church 4 miles
north-north-west of Perth. Its post town
is Perth. Its length and breadth are each
about 2 miles ; its area 4438 acres. Peal
property in _ 1880-81, £4555. Pop. 233.
The surface is partly flat, partly diversified
by rising-grounds. The church contains
460 sittings, and the public school has
about 43 scholars.
MONESS, burn, running about 6 miles
north - eastward, traversing a romantic
dell, making three exquisite cascades, and
passing through Aberfeldy to the Tay.
Moness House stands adjacent.
MONEY, headland, 5 miles south-south-
east of Portpatrick, Wigtonshire.
MONEYDIE. See Monedie.
MONEYMORE, glen, descending north-
eastward to Lamlash, in Arran Island,
Buteshire.
MONEYPOOL, burn, running west-south-
westward to head of Wigton Bay at
Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire.
MONFODE, burn in Ardrossan parish,
Ayrshire.
MONGARRY, hamlet in Tullynessle par-
ish, Aberdeenshire.
MONIABRUGH, ancient parish, now part
of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.
MONLATVE. See Minniehive.
MONIFIETH, town and parish on south
border of Forfarshire. The town stands
1\ miles north-east of Broughty Ferry, and
has a post office, with money order and
telegraph departments, under Dundee, a
railway station, Established and Free
churches, and 2 public schools with about
297 scholars. Pop. 1564. — The parish
contains also Drumsturdymoor and Barn-
hill villages, and most of Broughty Ferry
town. Its length is 5 miles ; its greatest
breadth 2>\ miles ; its area 5952 acres.
Real property in 1880-81, £55,849. Pop.,
quoad civilia, 9521 ; quoad sacra, 3608.
The coast is low and sandy, and the in-
terior rises gently to the north, but is
intersected by a range of low heights, and
includes a hill about 500 feet high. Chief
seats are Linlathen, Grange, and Laws ; and
chief antiquities are Broughty Castle, a
vitrified fort, and sites or traces of several
mediaeval churches. Ten places of worship
are in Broughty Ferry, and 3 schools for
324 scholars, 1 of them new for 100, are in
the parts beyond that town.
MONIKIE, parish, containing Craigton
post office village, and Bankhead, Camus-
town, Guildie, and Newbigging villages, in
south of Forfarshire. It lies averagely 5
miles north-north-east of Broughty Ferry,
and has a station on the railway thence to
Forfar. Its length is 7 miles ; its greatest
breadth 5 miles ; its area 8921 acres. Real
property in 1880-81, £19,931. Pop. 1412.
The surface is divided by two hill-ranges
into a gentle slope in the south, a valley
in the middle, and a swampy moorish
tract in the north. A chief residence is
Newbigging House ; chief antiquities are
Affleck Castle, vestiges of Hynd Castle,
and a memorial cross of seemingly the 11th
century ; and a conspicuous object is the
' Live and Let Live ' testimonial erected in
1839 in honour of Lord Panmure. The
churches are Established, Free, and United
Presbyterian. There are 4 schools for 314
scholars, and 1 of them for 100 is new.
MONIMAIL, village and parish in Cupar
district, Fife. The village stands 4h miles
west of Cupar, and has Established and
Free churches. — The parish contains also
the post office village of Letham, and the
village of Easter Fernie. Its length is 5
miles ; its greatest breadth 4| miles ; its
area 6554 acres. Real property in 1880-81,
£12,125. Pop. 834. The southern sec-
tion is part of the How of Fife, and the
northern one consists of a range of fine
hills. The seats are Melville, Rankeilour,
Cunoquhie, and Balgarvie ; the antiquities
are Fernie, believed to have been a castle
of Macduff, and a tower said to have been
built and inhabited by Cardinal Beaton ;
and a conspicuous object is a pillar upwards
of 100 feet high, in memory of the martial
Earl of Hopetoun. There are 2 schools
with capacity for 130 scholars.
MONIVAIRD, parish adjacent to west
side of Crieff, Perthshire. Its post town
is Crieff. Its length is 9 miles ; its greatest
breadth 5h miles ; its area 26,093 acres.
Real property in 1880-81, £11,574. Pop.,
quoad civilia, 700 ; quoad sacra, 547.
The surface includes a section of Strath-
earn from immediate vicinity of Crieff to
immediate vicinity of Comrie ; extends
northward and southward to lofty water-
sheds ; comprises a large aggregate of hill
and mountain ; and exhibits, in eminent
degree, the characteristic features of both
the valley and the screens of the Earn.
Chief seats are Ochtertyre, Lawers,