Gazetteer of Scotland

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STREAM, sound, with river-like current,
connecting Cliff and Burra Sounds, in
south-west of Shetland.
STRELITZ, village, 4 miles south-west
of Coupar-Angus, Perthshire.
STRETTUM, brae, with memorial stone
of Macbeth, in Lumphanan parish, Aber-
deenshire.
STRICHEN, town and parish in Buchan
district, Aberdeenshire. The town stands
on the Ugie, adjacent to Mormond Hill,
37 miles north of Aberdeen ; was founded
in 1764 ; bore, for some time, the name of
Mormond ; is built on a regular plan, with
two principal streets meeting at an angle ;
and has a post office, with money order
department, under Aberdeen, a railway-
station, 2 banking offices, 3 hotels, a town
hall, Established, Free, Episcopalian, and
Roman Catholic churches, and 2 public
schools with about 200 scholars. Pop.
1204. — The parish contains also New
Leeds village, measures 6i miles by 3f,
and comprises 10,183 acres. Real property
in 1880-81, £12,894. Pop., quoad civilia,
2348; quoad sacra, 2013. The surface
is cut into nearly equal parts by the Ugie,
and has a general inclination to that river,
but is prevailingly hilly. Strichen House
is a Grecian edifice of 1821, and has
grounds with remains of a Caledonian
stone circle. There are 4 schools for 448
scholars, and 1 of them for 120 is new.
STRICKATHROW, parish, containing
Inchbare post office village, on north
border of Forfarshire. It lies averagely
3J miles north-by-east of Brechin, mea-
sures about 6f miles by 2, and comprises
5239 acres. Real property in 1880-81,
£6614. Pop. 487. The middle district
is part of Strathmore ; the north-west
district is largely occupied by the con-
spicuous hill of Lundie ; and the south-
east district comprises part of Strickathrow
Hill, a plateau upwards of 400 feet high,
extending into three contiguous parishes.
The seats are Strickathrow House, Auch-
enreoch, and Newtonmill ; and the chief
antiquities are two old signal stations.
The public school has about 81 scholars.
STRING, sound between Shapinshay and
Pomona, in Orkney.
STRING, or LINE, lake at eastern ex-
tremity of Kilninver parish, Argyle-
shire.
STRIVEN, sea-loch in south of Cowal,
Argyleshire. It strikes from Kyles of
Bute 2tt miles north of Port-Bannatyne ;
goes Si miles north-north-westward to
Ballymore ; commences with a width of
2\ miles, but contracts to a width of less
than \ mile ; and is flanked by steep, bleak,
lofty hill-ranges.
STROAN, lake in Kells parish, Kirkcud-
brightshire.
STROMA, island in Pentland Firth, 3|
miles west-north-west of Duncansby Head,
Caithness. It measures 7 miles in circuit,
rises mostly in lofty rocky cliffs, contains
some good land, and has a post office
under "Wick, and a lofty iron beacon.
Pop. 341.
STROMBERRY, headland at south-
western extremity of Shapinshay Island,
Orkney.
STROME, ruined ancient fortalice of
the Glengarry Macdonalds, in vicinity of
Strome Ferry, Ross-shire.
STROME FERRY, place on Loch Car-
ron, 5 miles north-east of Plockton, in
south-east of Ross-shire. It is situated at
terminus of Dingwall and Skye Railway,
53 miles west-south-west of Dingwall ; is
the point of communication with the
steamers to Skye ; and has a post office,
with money order and telegraph depart-
ments, designated of Ross-shire, and a
hotel.
STROMNESS, seaport town and parish
in south-west of Orkney. The town
stands on a fine bay 14 miles west-by-
south of Kirkwall ; adjoins picturesque
hill scenery ; sprang from a small hamlet
in course of last century ; is now nearly
a mile long, but very irregularly built ;
possesses a safe commodious harbour, with
new pier opened in 1879 ; and has a post
office, with money order and telegraph
departments, designated of Orkney, 3
banking offices, 2 hotels, an interesting
museum, Established, Free, and United
Presbyterian churches, and 2 public schools
with about 220 scholars. Pop. 1703.—
The parish comprehends Holm Island and
a tract of about 5 miles by 3f in Pomona.
Real property in 18S0-81, £5659. Pop.
2410. The main or Pomona part is
bounded on the west by the Atlantic, on
the south and south-east by Hoy Sound,
on the north-east by Loch Stenness ; it
presents to the Atlantic a range of cliffs
from 100 to 500 feet high, to Hoy Sound
a band of fertile lowlands ; and it else-
where consists mainly of bleak sterile
heights. The rocks possess great geologi-
cal interest, and were made famous by
the publication of Hugh Miller's Astero-
lepis of Stromness. Breckness House,
erected in 1633 by last Bishop of Orkney,
stands on Breckness Head, at west en-
trance of Hoy Sound ; and an ancient
cemetery, with ruined church and remains
of a monastery, lies midway between that
edifice and the town. There are 3 schools,
all new, for 350 scholars.
STRON, mineral field in Kirkintilloch
parish, Dumbartonshire.
STRONACHLACHLAR, place, with
steamboat pier and hotel, on upper part
of Loch Katrine, 5 miles east-by-north of
Inversnaid, and 7J west-north-west of
Trossachs pier.
STRONCHRUBIE, farm, with interesting
cave and vast ridge of limestone rock, in
Assynt parish, Sutherland.
STRONE, headland and village on north
side of Holy Loch, 2J miles north-by-east
of Dunoon, Argyleshire. The village is a
modern watering-place, consists chiefly of
a chain of villas and ornate cottages, and