Gazetteer of Scotland

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MONKWOOD, place on lower part of
Doon river, Ayrshire.
MONQUHITTER, parish, containing
Cuminestown post office village and Gar-
mond village, in Turriff district, Aber-
deenshire. Its length is 8 miles ; its
greatest breadth 6i miles. Real property
in 1880-81, £12,933. Pop., quoad civilia,
2794 ; quoad sacra, 2474. The surface is
mostly undulating, but includes bleak,
barren hills. Lendrum here was the scene
of a great battle between Donald of the
Isles and the Thane of Buchan. The
churches are 2 Established, 1 Free, and
1 Episcopalian. Five schools for 466
scholars are in the quoad sacra parish,
and 2 of them for 210 are new.
MONQUIECH, estate in Fetteresso parish,
Kincardineshire.
MONREITH, bay, village, and seat of
Sir Herbert E. Maxwell, Bart., 5h miles
west of Whithorn, Wigtonshire.
MONRITHMONT, extensive moor, mostly
covered with plantation, averagely 4 miles
south of Brechin, Forfarshire.
MONS, hill, with delightful view, in
Dalmeny parish, Linlithgowshire.
MONS GRAMPUS, scene of famous battle
between the Roman Agricola and the
Caledonian Galgacus, assigned to various
localities, but most probably was adjacent
to Ardoch Roman camp, in Perthshire.
MONS TREMONTIUM, the Eildon Hills,
in Roxburghshire.
MONTBLAIRY, seat and distillery in
Alvah parish, Banffshire.
MONTCOFFER, a seat of the Earl of
Fife on the Deveron, in King-Edward
parish, Aberdeenshire, in southern vicinity
of Duff House and Banff.
MONTEITH, district in south-west of
Perthshire. It takes name from the river
Teith ; it comprehends all the Perthshire
portion of the Forth's basin west of the
Ochils, excepting Balquhidder parish ; it
measures about 28 miles in length, and 15
in greatest breadth ; and it gave the title
of earl from 1428 till 1694 to the family of
Graham.
MONTEITH (PORT OF), hamlet and
parish in Monteith district, Perthshire.
The hamlet lies on north shore of Monteith
Lake, 6 miles south-south-west of Cal-
lander ; communicates by public coach
with a railway station of its own name, 13
miles west of Stirling ; and has a post office
under Stirling, a good hotel, a parochial
church erected since 1877, a mausoleum of
the Grahams of Gartmore, and a public
school with about 47 scholars.— The parish
contains also Gartmore, Ruskie, and Tom-
achar villages ; measures 9 miles by 6J ;
and comprises 22,238 acres. Real pro-
perty in 18S0-81, £12,4S0. Pop., quoad
civilia, 1175 ; quoad sacra, 654. Mon-
teith Lake lies nearly in the centre ; has a
roundish outline about 6^ miles in circuit ;
contains Inchmahome Island with extensive
remains of ancient friary, Tulla Island
with massive ruins of Earls of Monteith's
castle, and Dog Isle with site of the Earls'
kennels ; and has shores and cincture of
much beauty. Loch Vennachoir is on the
northern boundary, Loch Drunkie is on
the western boundary, and three small
lakes are in the interior. The river Forth
cuts off the south-west wing around Gart-
more village ; runs thence along the
southern boundary ; and from the point of
entering the parish till the point of leaving
it, makes a run of about 7 miles measured
in straight line, but of about 12 miles
measured along its sinuosities. The land
adjacent to the river is rich carse ; in part
of the west border, is considerably high
moor ; around Monteith Lake, consists of
gently undulating hills ; in the north-west
and north, rises abruptly into frontier
Grampian Mountains commanding ex-
tensive views. Chief seats are Cardross,
Rednock, Gartmore, Blairhoyle, and Inver-
trossachs ; and chief antiquities, besides
those on the islands, are a Roman road
and a Roman castellum. Established and
Free churches are at Gartmore, and 3
schools for 173 scholars are in the
parish.
MONTEITH (PORT OF), railway station,
13 miles west of Stirling. It has a post
office under Stirling.
MONTEVIOT, a seat of the Marquis of
Lothian on the Teviot, 3 miles north of
Jedburgh.
MONTFODE, ruined baronial fortalice,
1\ mile south-east of West Kilbride, Ayr-
shire.
MONTGOMERY, seat, | mile south-east
of Tarbolton, Ayrshire.
MONTHRIVE, seat in vicinity of Leven,
Fife.
MONTKEGGIE, ancient parish, now
called Keithhall, Aberdeenshire.
MONTLOKOWRE, hill in Kirkmaiden
parish, Wigtonshire.
MONTQUHANY, seat in Kilmany parish,
Fife.
MONTQUHITTER. See Monquhittee.
MONTROSE, town and parish on north-
east coast of Forfarshire. The town stands
at mouth of the South Esk, 30 miles by
road, and 31 by railway, north - east of
Dundee ; was a principal town of Scotland
in middle of 13th century ; had a very
ancient castle on rising - ground called
Fort-hill ; was the place whence Sir James
Douglas sailed to carry the heart of King
Robert Bruce to Palestine ; contains or
recently contained remnant of house in
which the martial Marquis of Montrose
was born ; was the landing-place of Cheva-
lier St. George at commencement of civil
war in 1715 ; gives the titles of earl,
marquis, and duke to the family of
Graham ; ranks now as a seat of manu-
facture, ahead port, andaroyal burgh; pub-
lishes two weekly newspapers ; and unites
with Arbroath, Forfar, Brechin, and Bervie
in sending a member to Parliament. It
occupies a low peninsula northward from
the Esk ; includes a small insular suburb