Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 1

ARMIT
Armit, a rivulet of Berwickshire and Edinburghshire,
running about 8 miles south-westward to the Gala, at a
point about 1 mile N of Fountainhall station.
Arnabost, a hamlet with a public school in Coll island,
Argyllshire.
Arnage, a railway station in Ellon parish, E Aberdeen-
shire, on the Aberdeen-Peterhead branch of the Great
North of Scotland railway, 3k miles N by W of Ellon.
Arnage House (J. L. Ross), 5 furlongs 1STNE, is an old
and interesting Gothic mansion, formerly the seat of the
Cheynes, towhom.belonged Jas. Cheyne (d. 1602), rector
of the Scots college at Douay.
Arnal, a burn in Barvas parish, island of Lewis, run-
ning about 6 miles to the Atlantic.
Arnbarrow, a hill 1060 feet high in the Wof Fordoun
parish, Kincardineshire, projecting as a spur from a low
range of the Grampians.
Arnbeg, a place in Kippen parish, Stirlingshire, about
1 mile W of Kippen village, famous for the observance
of the Lord's Supper at it, by a large assemblage of Cove-
nanters, under cloud of night, in the year 1676.
Arnbrae, a hamlet in Kilsyth parish, Stirlingshire, 1
mile W of Kilsyth. Oliver Cromwell spent a night in a
house in it which still is, or recently was, standing.
Arncroaeh, a village in Carnbee parish, Fife, 2f miles
ENE of Colinsburgh. It has a post office under Pitten-
weem, and it contains a Free church, designated of Carn-
bee, and a public school.
Arndilly. See Boharm.
Arneybog, a mineral tract, with a colliery in the N of
Cumbernauld parish, Dumbartonshire.
Arnfinlay, an ancient castle in Kippen parish, near the
Forth boundary between Perthshire and Stirlingshire.
Arngask, a parish in the counties of Perth, Kinross,
and Fife, near whose meeting-point, and towards the
centre of the parish, is the village of Damhead (with a
post office under Kinross), 3 miles MW of Mawcarse
station, and 4§ N by E of the post-town Milnathort.
Duncrevie, f mile S of Damhead, is another small village
in Arngask, which is bounded N by Dron, E by Aber-
nethy, SE by Strathmiglo, S by Orwell, and W by For-
teviot and Forgandenny. Its greatest length from 1ST to
S is 4 J miles ; its breadth is 4 miles ; and its area is 6455|
acres, of which 2820J belong to Perthshire, 1801 to Kin-
ross-shire, and 1834J to Fife. The upper waters of the
beautiful Farg have a length of about 5 miles within
the parish, dividing its Perthshire portion from the re-
maining two, and here receiving the Strawyearn and other
burns ; in the Perthshire portion are Loch Whirr and
two smaller lakelets. The surface is charmingly diver-
sified with hills belonging to the Ochil system, elevations
from N to S being Berry Hill (900 feet), and points near
Letham (789), the Church (588), Pittillock (670), Plains
on the western border (973), and Candy (830). The rocks
are chiefly various kinds of trap, and the soils, for the
most part, consist of disintegrations of these rocks, and
generally have a black loamy character. About 1300
acres are uncultivated, and some 240 under wood, the
whole being pastoral rather than arable. Some 28 pro-
prietors (10 of them resident) hold each an annual value
of £50 and upwards. Arngask is in the presbytery of
Kinross and synod of Fife ; the minister's income is £210.
The original church was a private chapel of the Balvaird
family, and in 1282was granted to Cambuskenneth Abbey.
The present building, erected in 1806, had 380 sittings
as enlarged in 1821, and was restored in 1879. There is
also a Free church in the presbytery of Perth and synod
of Perth and Stirling ; and a public school, with accom-
modation for 155 children, had (1879) an average attend-
ance of 102, and a grant of £90, 5s. Valuation (1881)
of Perthshire portion, £2505, lis. 4d. ; of Fife portion,
£2375, 14s. 8d. Pop. (1831) 712, (1861) 705, (1871) 565,
(1881) 547.— Ord. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.
Arngibbon, the seat of "Wm. Forrester, Esq. (b. 1861 ;
sue. 1878), in the Perthshire portion of Kippen parish,
2 miles S by E of Port of Menteith station.
Arngomery, the seat of Mich. J. Jamieson, Esq.,
in Kippen parish, Stirlingshire, f mile W of Kippen
village.
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AROS
Arnhall, an estate, with a mansion, in Fettercairn
parish, Kincardineshire, at the boundary with Forfar-
shire, 6-J miles W by S of Laurencekirk. The estate was
purchased by Mr Brodie, from Sir David Carnegie, in 1796,
for £22,500 ; had been undergoing great improvement ;
and continued in Mr Brodie's hands to undergo much
further improvement ; was sold in 1814 to Mr John
Shand for £70,000, and afterwards, in reclamation of
moss, and in other ways, was further greatly improved.
A small establishment is on it for carding wool and mak-
ing coarse woollen cloth.
Arniefoul, a village in Glamis parish, Forfarshire,
2J miles SSE of Glamis station.
Araisdale, a village in Glenelg parish, Inverness-shire,
on the side of Loch Hourn, amid sublime scenery, about
13 miles S of Glenelg village.
Arnish, a headland, with a lighthouse and a beacon,
at the S side of the entrance of Loch Stornoway, in the
island of Lewis. See Stornoway.
Amisort, a hamlet in the Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire,
on a sea-loch of its own name, branching from Loch
Snizort. It has a post office under Portree.
Arniston, an estate in Borthwick and Temple parishes,
Edinburghshire. The mansion on it stands on the
South Esk river, If mile WSW of Fushiebridge station,
is a massive and imposing edifice of no great age, and
has extensive and very beautiful grounds. The original
estate was comparatively small ; belonged to Sir James
Dundas, who was knighted by James V. ; has come
down regularly to his descendants, famous as lawyers
and as statesmen ; and has, from time to time, been
greatly enlarged by additions from neighbouring pro-
perties. The soil of most of it was naturally poor, but
has been much improved by art. Rich beds of coal here
have been largely worked ; and the Emily Pit has a
depth of 160 fathoms, being the deepest in the E of
Scotland. Sawmills and other industrial works also are
on the estate.
Arnot. See Armit.
Arnprior, a village in the Perthshire section of Kippen
parish, near the Forth and Clyde railway, 2J miles W
of Kippen village.
Arnsheen, a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish in Col-
monell parish, Ayrshire. The hamlet is 12 miles S of
Girvan. The quoad sacra parish contains also the vil-
lage of Barrhill with a post office under Girvan ; was
constituted in 1872 ; had then a population of about
1100 ; and is in the presbytery of Stranraer and synod of
Galloway. Stipend £143, with a manse. The church is
in Arnsheen hamlet, was originally a chapel of ease,
and cost only about £240.
Arntully, a village and an estate in Kinclaven parish,
Perthshire. The village stands If mile NiSTW of Stan-
ley Junction station, is inhabited by linen weavers, but
has greatly declined. The estate was improved at a cost
of nearly £4000 immediately before 1843, and was then
undergoing further improvement.
Aros, a village, an ancient castle, a rivulet, and a bay,
on the NE coast of Mull island, Argyllshire. The vil-
lage stands contiguous to the bay, 7 miles SSE of Tober-
mory, on the road thence to at once the south-eastern,
the southern, and the western parts of the island ; over-
looks the central part of the Sound of Mull ; is the resi-
dence of the Duke of Argyll's factor ; and has a post
office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph
departments, under Oban, and an inn. The castle stands
on a high basaltic promontory at the side of the bay ;
was built before the time of Robert Bruce, and inhabited
by the Lords of the Isles ; was defended, on the land
side, by moat and drawbridge ; has a spacious esplanade
extending to the extremity of the rock, and probably
enclosed by a wall ; was itself no more than a massive
oblong tower, about 40 feet high ; and is now reduced
to two of its walls and part of a third. The site of it is
strong, and the grounds adjacent to it soar into wild
cliffs, seamed by fissures and channelled by cascades.
The rivulet drains Loch Eriza, a lake about 4 miles long,
extending to within 3 miles of Tobermory ; and it runs
from the lake about 3J miles south-eastward to the bay