Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 3

GLENCOUL
Clairs of Roslin it was occasionally occupied down to
the middle of the 17th century. About | mile higher
up the gleu are remains of what was probably a
chapel. Rullion Green, the scene of the Covenanters'
overthrow (1666) and House of Muir, w'here formerly
great sheepmarkets were held, are both, in the S of the
parish, and both are treated of in separate articles.
Greenlaw or Glencorse Barracks, the depot of the Roj'al
Scots (Lothian Eegiment), stand Ij mile NNE of Peni-
cuik and 7J miles S of Edinburgh. An old mansion
here was converted, in 1804, into a dep8t for French
prisoners of war ; and in 1813 a suite of buildings, to
accommodate 6000 prisoners and their guard, was erected
at a total cost of £100,000. The conclusion of peace
nest year sent all the French prisoners home, and
Greenlaw thereafter was little utilised, till in 1875-77 it
was altered and extended, at a fresh outlay of £30,000,
to serve as the central brigade depot of the army of the
south-east of Scotland. On 17 Jan. 1881 the new
Douglas Barrack, a wooden two-story pile, which mea-
sured 140 by 108 feet, was wholly destroyed by fire ; but
the damage was repaired by the end of April 1882, stone
in the restoration taking the place of wood. Glencorse
House, near the right bank of Glencorse Bum, 2J miles
NNE of Penicuik, is the property of the Right Hon. John
Inglis (b. 1810), Lord President of the Court of Session,
who owns 857 acres in the shire valued at £1603 per
annum, and whose father, the Rev. John Inglis, D.D.
(1763-1834), an eminent divine, was resident here.
Other mansions, noticed separately, are Beeslack, Bel-
wood, Bush, Loganbank, Mauricewood, and Woodhouse-
lee ; and, in all, 6 proprietors held each an annual value
of £500 and upwards, 4 of between £100 and £500, 4 of
from £50 to £100, and 7 of from £20 to £50. Formed,
in 1616, out of the ancient parishes of Pentland and
Penicuik, Glencorse is in the presbytery of Dalkeith
and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale ; the living is worth
£260. The church, built in 1665, contains 200 sittings ;
and a public school, with accommodation for 180 chil-
dren, had (1881) an average attendance of 166, and a
grant of £124, 18s. Valuation (1S60) £6411, (1883)
£10,602, plus £4736 for railway and waterworks. Pop.
(1801) 390, (1831) 652, (1861) 1217, (1871) 1153, (1881)
1500, of whom 144 were soldiers in the barracks and 48
in the military prison. — Ord. Siir., sh. 32, 1857. See
an article by Andrew Keer on ' Glencorse and its Old
Buildings ' in Procs. Soc. AnU. Scotl. (1879).
Glencoul, a glen in Eddrachillis parish, W Suther-
land, traversed by Glencoul river, which, issuing from
Loch an Urchoill (5J x If furl. ; 1200 feet), runs 2S
miles north-westward to the head of salt-water Loch
Glencoul. At one point the impetuous Glencoul is
joined by a yet more impetuous tributary, making a
waterfall of nearly 700 feet in leap. Loch Glencoul,
one of the two arms of Kylesku, the other being Loch
Glendhu, with a varying width of 2J and 7 furlongs,
extends 2| miles south-eastward, or 3| if one includes
Loch Beag (7 x 3 furl. ) at its head ; and is overhung by
hills that rise steeply to 1722 feet on the north-eastern
and 902 on the south-western side. It is famous for its
productive herring fishery.— Orii. Siir., shs. 108, 107,
1880-81.
Glencreraa, an Argyllshire glen on the mutual border
of Ardchattan parish and Lismore and Appin. It is
traversed by the Creean, descending 11 J miles west-
south-westward to the head of salt-water Loch Creran.
A mission-station of the Church of Scotland, conjoint
with another in Glenetive, is in Glencreran, and has a
schoolhouse as its place of worship. There is also an
Episcopal church, St Mary's (1878 ; 60 sittings), a 13th
century Gothic edifice, with good stained glass. — Ord.
Sur., shs. 53, 45, 1877-76.
Glencroe, an alpine glen of Lochgoilhead parish in the
N of Cowal district, Argyllshire. Commencing at a col
(860 feet) between the heads of Loch Fyne and Loch Long,
it descends 4i miles south-eastward to Loch Long at
Ardgartan, ^ miles SW of Arrochar; is flanked on the
N side by Ben Akthuk or the Cobbler (2891 feet), on
the S side by the Brack (2500) and Ben Donich (2774) ;
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and is traversed by impetuous Croe Water, and by the
road from Loch Lomond to Inverary by way of
Arrochar and Glenkinglas. The rocks consist almost
entirely of mica slate, shining like silver, beautifully
undulated, and in many parts embedded in quartz.
Large masses, fallen from the mountains, lie strewn
on the bottom of the glen ; others, of every shape,
jut from the mountains' side, and seem every moment
ready to fall ; and torrents descend the cliff's and
declivities in great diversity of rush and leap, and
make innumerable waterfalls. The road was tbrmed
by one of the regiments under General Wade, imme-
diately after the Rebellion of 1745 ; it descends for
1^ mile in declivitous zig-zag, and, though proceed-
ing thence at an easier gradient to the foot, is every-
where difficult and fatiguing. A stone seat, inscribed
'Rest and be Thankful,' is placed at its summit;
superseded a plainer one placed on the same spot by the
makers of the road ; and is sung as follows by Words-
worth : —
* Doubling and doubling with laborious walk,
Who that at lengrth has gained the wished-for height.
This brief, this simple, wayside call can slight.
And rest not thankful?'
And Dorothy, his sister, describes ' the narrow dale,
\vith a length of winding road, a road that seemed to
have insinuated itself into the very heart of the moun-
tains — the brook, the road, bare hills, floating mists,
scattered stones, rocks, and herds of black cattle being
all that we could see.'— Ord. Sur., shs. 37, 38, 1876-71.
Glencross. See Glexcokse.
Glencul. See Glencoitl.
Glendale, a vale in Duirinish parish. Isle of Skye,
Inverness-shire, extending 5 miles north-north-westward
from Macleod's Tables to the head of salt-water Loch
Pooltiel. Its bottom is 4 to 6 furlongs broad ; its
sloping sides are covered with very rich pasture ; and it
contains a post office under Portree, and a modern man-
sion, Glendale, the seat of the late Right Hon. Sir John
Macpherson Macleod (1792-1881), of Indian celebrity,
who owned 35,022 acres in Inverness-shire, valued at
£1258 per annum. The Glendale estate figured some-
what largely in the crofters' agitation of 1881-82.
Glendaruel, a beautiful valley in Kilmodan parish,
Cowal, Argyllshire, traversed by the Ruel, a salmon
and trout stream which, formed by two head-streams at
an altitude of 90 feet above sea-level, winds lOJ miles
south-by-westward to the head of salt-water Loch Rid-
dan. It takes down a road from Strachur Ferry to
Colintraive, and contains a post office of its own name
under Greenock. Glendaruel House, 19 miles NNW of
Rothesay, is the seat of Robert Hume Campbell, Esq.
(b. 1846; sue. 1875), who holds 14,032 acres in the
shire, valued at £2361 per annum. — Ord. Sur., shs. 37,
29, 1876-73.
Glendean's Banks. See Glen, Peeblesshire.
Glendearg, a glen in the N of Blair Athole parish,
Perthshire, descending 4J miles south-south-eastward
from the eastern skirts of Ben Dearg to Glen Tilt. —
Ord. Sur., shs. 64, 55, 1874-69.
Glendearg, Roxburghshire. See Allen.
Glendelvine, an estate, with a modern mansion, in
Caputh parish, Perthshire, IJ mile NNE of Caputh
village.
Glen Deny. See Deert, Aberdeenshire.
Glendevon, a parish in the Ochil district of Perth-
shire, containing Burnfoot hamlet on the right bank
of the river Devon, 3 miles NHW of Muckart and 7
NNE of the post town, Dollar. A capital fronting sta-
tion, it has a wool mill, and fairs on the first Thursday
of April, the Wednesday after the second Thursday of
July, the third Thursday of August, the fourth Thursday
of September, and the third Thm-sday of November.
The parish is bounded N by Auchterarder, NE by
Dunning, E by Fossoway, SE by Muckart, S by Dollar
in Clackmannanshire, and W and NW by Blackford.
Its length, from E to W, varies between 2^ and 5|
miles ; its utmost breadth, from N to S, is 4i miles ;
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