Gazetteer of Scotland

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SCUIR-NA-FINGAL, mountain peak,
3168 feet high, on north side of Glencoe,
Argyleshire.
SCUIR-NA-GILLEAN, peak, 3220 feet
high, in north-east of Cuchullin Mountains,
in south of Isle of Skye.
SCUIR-NA-GOUR, peaked mountain,
1983 feet high, near Kyle-Khea, in east of
Isle of Skye.
SCUIR-NA-LAPICH, peaked mountain,
3772 feet high, on south side of upper part
of Glenstrathfarrar, Inverness-shire.
SCUIR-NA-RIACH, mountain peak on
north side of Glencoe, Argyleshire.
SCUIR-NA-VERTACH, peaked mountain
on north side of head of Glenstrathfarrar,
Inverness-shire.
SCUIR-OURAN. See Scour-Ooran.
SCUIR-VULLIN, mountain, with three
rocky peaks about 2500 feet high, over-
hanging south side of Loch Fannich, in
Ross-shire.
SCULOMY, boat harbour on east side of
Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland.
SCUNT, salmon rivulet in Harris, Outer
Hebrides.
SCURDYNESS, headland in vicinity of
Montrose, Forfarshire.
SCURR, hill, remarkable for fine kinds
of agates, in Balmerino parish, Fife.
SEABANK, seat in Stevenston parish,
Ayrshire.
SEABEGS, barony, containing several
mediaeval judicial moats, in Falkirk parish,
Stirlingshire.
SEACLIFFE, seat, with very fine sea-
view, in Whitekirk parish, Haddington-
shire.
SEAFIELD, barony in Cullen parish,
Banffshire. It was formerly called Ogilvy,
and it gives the titles of Earl of Seafield,
Viscount Seafield, and Baron Ogilvy to
the family of Grant-Ogilvy.
SEAFIELD, chapelry, with church of
1839, in Ratkven parish, near Cullen,
Banffshire.
SEAFIELD, hamlet, small port, and
ruined ancient fortalice, lg mile north of
Kinghorn, in Fife.
SEAFIELD, small suburb on Firth of
Forth, at eastern extremity of Leith Links,
Edinburghshire. It includes baths erected
in 1813 at a cost of £8000.
SEAFIELD, place, with public school, in
Mid Yell parish, Shetland.
SEAFORTH, sea-loch, partly dividing
Lewis-proper from Harris, and partly pene-
trating Lewis-proper, in Outer Hebrides.
It opens at 23 miles south-by-west of
Stornoway ; is Gj miles wide at entrance ;
goes 5J miles north-westward ; diminishes
there to § mile in width ; goes thence 7^
miles northward with width of from £
mile to 2\ miles ; contains in that reach
an island of its own name 1 \ mile long ;
and terminates in two branches westward
and eastward 1 mile and 2f miles long.
It is everywhere flanked or overhung by
high mountains, is much exposed to
sudden squalls, and presents, in its middle
and upper reaches, a solemn appearance.
It gave the title of earl from 1623 till 1716
to the family of Mackenzie.
SEAGREENS, small harbour in St. Cyrus
parish, Kincardineshire.
SEAL CAVE, coast cavern about a fur-
long in length, with terminal spacious
stalactitic semicircular chamber, in Storno-
way parish, Outer Hebrides.
SEAL ISLAND. See Ellan - na -
Roan.
SEAMAB, conical hill, 1440 feet high,
one of the Ochils, in Muckart parish,
Perthshire.
SEAMILL, eminence in West Kilbride
parish, Ayrshire.
SEAPARK, seat near Kinloss, Elgin-
shire.
SEATON, ancient parish, now part of
Tranent, Haddingtonshire. Seaton House,
1| mile north-north-east of Tranent town,
is a castellated mansion of latter part of
last century. Seaton Palace, on the
ground now occupied by that mansion,
was a very splendid edifice erected in the
time of James v. ; belonged to Lords
Seaton, Earls of Winton, attainted in
1716 ; and gave entertainment to James
VI. and Charles I. on occasion of their
public progress through Scotland. Seaton
collegiate church, in vicinity of site of the
palace, was a handsome spired Gothic
edifice of 14th century, contained the
mausoleum of the Earls of "Winton, and is
now an interesting ruin.
SEATON, seat in vicinity of Old Aber-
deen.
SEATON, seat in St. Vigeans parish,
Forfarshire.
SEATOWN, section or suburb of Lossie-
mouth, Elginshire. Pop. 277.
SEATOWN, section or suburb of Cullen,
Banffshire.
SEATOWN, suburb of Rosehearty, Aber-
deenshire.
SEATOWN, village in Nairn parish,
Nairnshire.
SEEDHILL, suburb of Paisley, Renfrew-
shire.
SEGGIE, place, with extensive distillery,
on the Eden near Leuchars, Fife.
SEGGIEDEN, seat near the Tay in Kin-
fauns parish, Perthshire.
SELL, island, 8 miles south-south-west
of Oban, Argyleshire. It is separated by
narrow straits from Nether Lorn mainland
on the east, from Torsa and Luing on the
south, and from Easdale and Sheep Isle
on the west ; it measures 4^ miles in
length, and 1\ in extreme breadth ; it is
so nmch indented by the sea as to have a
very irregular outline ; it consists chiefly
of three parallel ridges, two intervening
vales, and a belt of low seaboard ; it
rises, in its loftiest ground, to a height of
more than 800 feet ; it ranks as one of the
Slate Islands, but is greatly eclipsed by
Easdale ; and it contains the village of
Balvicar and the mansion of Ardincaple.
Pop. 656.