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COMRIE
Meall na Fearna (2479), Ben Vorlioh (3224), and *Stuc
a Chroin (31S9). Such are the outlines of Comrie's
romantic scenery, here grandly savage, there softly
picturesque, to be filled in with greater minuteness in
articles on its lochs and rivers, its mountains, and val-
leys, and mansions. The line of junction between the
Old Eed sandstone and the slates passes diagonally from
Glenartney into the Monzievaird hills ; and Upper
Strathearn to the NW of this line, i. c. the greater part
of this parish, is wholly composed of slate rocks, which
present many glacial phenomena, whilst the level strath
appears to have been the bed of an ancient lake. Granite
boulders are numerous along the Lednaig, whose channel
is crossed by a great dyke of greenstone. Slate, trap,
and limestone have all been quarried ; and lead and iron
ores are also found, the latter being at one time largely
worked. The soil in some parts of the glens approaches
to loam, but is a light, sharp, stony gravel of no great
fertility over most of the arable lands. These occupy
barely one-ninth of the entire area, and woods and plan-
tations cover some 3000 acres. The chief antiquities are
three stone circles and the remains of Agricola's stationary
camp at Dalginross. Comrie House, near the Lednock,
a little behind the village, is charmingly seated amid
surrounding woods ; and other mansions are Aberuchill,
Ardvoirlieh, Dalhonzie, Drumearn, and Dunira, 6 pro-
prietors holding each an annual value of £500 and up-
wards, 2 of between £100 and £500, 5 of from £50 to
£100, and 9 of from £20 to £50. Giving off something
to Balquhidder, and taking in something from Monzie-
vaird, Comrie is in the presbytery of Auchterarder and
synod of Perth and Stirling ; the living is worth £3S7.
Three public schools — Glenartney, Glenlednock, and St
Fillans — with respective accommodation for 23, 30, and
40 children, had (1SS0) an average attendance of 11, 8,
and 24, and grants of £26, 2s. 6d., £21, 2s., and £36,
5s. Valuation (1881) £16,247, 6s. 8d. Pop. (1801)
2458, (1831) 2622, (1861) 2226, (1871) 1911, (1881)
1726.— Orel. Sur., shs. 47, 46, 39, 1869-72. See Beauties
of Upper Strathearn (3d ed., Crieff, 1870).
Comrie, a ruined fortalice in a detached section of
Weem parish, Perthshire, on the river Lyon, a little
above its influx to the Tay, and 2$ miles NNE of Ken-
more.
Comrie, a hamlet in Culross parish, Perthshire (de-
tached), h mile "W by N of Oakley, and 5 miles of Dun-
fermline. A little to the W is Comrie Castle.
Comyn's Castle. See Dalswtnton.
Cona, a stream in the Argyllshire portion of Kilmalie
parish, flowing 9-J miles east-by-southward to Loch
Linnhe, which it enters 6f miles SW of Fort "William,
and joined, 1J mile above its mouth, by the Scaddle.
On its left bank, f mile from Loch Linnhe, and 5 miles
N by E of Ardgour, stands Conaglen, a seat of the Earl
of Morton, who holds 46,883 acres in the shire, valued
at £16S5 per annum. See also Daimahoy.
Cona. See Coe.
Conachan. See St Kilda and Incji-Conachan.
Conait or Allt Conait, a rivulet in Fortingal parish,
NW Perthshire. It issues from Loch Dhamh (1369 feet),
and, traversing Loch Girre, runs 4J mOes eastward and
south-eastward to the Lyon, 8 miles NNW of Eillin.
"With a total descent of 500 feet, it forms some beautiful
cascades, especially in the last mile of its course.
Conan (Gael, caoin-an, 'gentle river'), a river of
SE Eoss-shire, formed, at an altitude of 180 feet above
sea-level, by the confluent Sheen and Meig, in Contin
parish, 3| miles W by N of Contin church. Thence it
runs 9J miles east-by-southward and 2| north-north-
eastward, till it falls into the head of Cromarty Firth,
1 mile S of Dingwall. On its left lie the parishes of
Contin, Fodderty, and Dingwall, on its right of Urray
and Urquhart-Logie -Wester; and its chief affluents
are the Blackwater on the left, the Orrin on the right.
The fishing, which is everywhere preserved, is better
for salmon than trout ; pearl-mussels have been occa-
sionally found, containing magnificent pearls. The
Highland railway crosses it, in the vicinity of Conan
Bridge village, by a fine viaduct, which, 435£ feet long,
CONNELL PARK
has five very sharply-skewed arches, and commands a
charming view of a reach of the river's valley and of the
upper waters of Cromarty Firth. Hugh Miller, in My
Schools and Schoolmasters, devotes many pages to the
Conanside of 1821, with its broad lower alder-fringed
reaches, its noble hills, its woods of Tor Achilty, Brahan
Castle, and Conan House, its winter floods, and its water-
wraith.— Ord Sur., sh. 83, 1881.
Conan-Bridge, a village in the Eoss-shire section of
Urquhart and Logie-W T ester parish, on the right bank of
the river Conan, 2 J miles SS W of Dingwall, under which
it has a post office, with money order, savings' bank,
and telegraph departments. It took its name from a
bridge over the Conan, on the road from Beauly to
Dingwall, which, built in 1S09 by the parliamentary
commissioners at a cost of £6854, is a stone five-arch
structure, with a water-way of 265 feet. The village
has a station (Conan) on the Highland railway, an inn,
and a public school. Pop. (1S41) 342, (1861) 501,
(1S71) 385, (1SS1) 385.
Conan House, a mansion in the Eoss-shire section of
Urquhart and Logie-Wester parish, near the right bank
of the Conan, 1 mile S by W of Conan Bridge. It is a
seat of Sir Kenneth Smith Mackenzie of Gairloch, sixth
Bart, since 1702 (b. 1832 ; sue. 1843), who owns 164,680
acres in the shire, valued at £7843 per annum.
Condie, an estate, with a mansion, in Forgandenny
parish, SE Perthshire, 4 miles SW of Bridge of Earn.
Since 1601 a seat of a branch of the Oliphants, it now
is held by Lawrence Jas. Oliphant, Esq. (b. 1846 ; sue.
1862), who owns 2667 acres in the shire, valued at
£2301 per annum.
Condorrat, a village in Cumbernauld parish, Dum-
bartonshire, 2| miles SW of Cumbernauld village, and
6 NNW of Airdrie, under which it has a post office. An
Established chapel of ease, built here in 1875, contains
400 sittings, and cost, with a manse, £2600. Pop.
(1861) 559, (1871) 565, (1881) 610.
Coneach. See Coinich.
Conerock, a conspicuous eminence (SOS feet) in Eothes
parish, Elginshire, 1J mile SSW of Eothes village.
Wooded to the top, it presents a contorted appearance,
and it chiefly consists of quartz, containing beautiful
rock crystals.
Congalton, an ancient barony in Dirleton parish,
Had dington shire.
Conghoillis, an ancient parish in Forfarshire, nearly
or quite identical with the modern Inverkeilor.
Conglass, a rivulet in Eirkmichael parish, Banffshire,
running 8 miles north-westward, along a mountain glen,
to the river Aven, 3 miles NNW of Tomintoul.
Conheath, an estate, with a mansion, in Caerlaverock
parish, Dumfriesshire, 4J miles SSE of Dumfries. It
was purchased in 1876 by David Watson Eannie, Esq.
Conicavel, a village in Edenkillie parish, Elginshire,
near Darnaway, and 3i miles SSE of Brodie station.
It has a Christian Knowledge Society's school.
Con, Loch. See Chon.
Connel Ferry, a ferry, 1-J furlong wide, across the
entrance of Loch Etive, in Argyllshire, on the line of
road from Oban to Ballachulish. It is traversed by a
tiny steamer, and has an inn on either shore, whilst on
the southern is Connel Ferry station upon the Callander
and Oban railway, 6 miles NE of Oban, under which
there is a post office of Connel. The loch's channel,
suddenly contracting here, is barred two-thirds across
by rocks left bare to the height of 5 feet at low water,
over which the ebbing tide pours in tumultuous cataract.
These so-called Falls of Connel have been identified with
Ossian's Falls of Lora.
Connell, a shallow loch in Eirkeolm parish, W Wig-
townshire, 9 furlongs W of Loch Ryan, and 6 miles
NNW of Stranraer. With an equal length and breadth
of 3J furlongs, it sends off a burn, running 4 miles
southward and eastward to Loch Ryan. On a hill (314
feet), 3 furlongs SE of the loch, are remains of a large
cairn, Cairn Connell.
Connell Park, a village in New Cumnock parish, E
Ayrshire, 14 mile SW of New Cumnock village.
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