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GLOOM CASTLE
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often dangerous, and ought never to be attempted witli-
outaguide.— Ord. Sur., sh. 72, 1880.
Gloom Castle. See Castle Campbell.
Gloomingside, Cannel's, or Gannel Bum, a stream of
TUlicoultry parish, Clackmannanshire, springing from
Maddy Moss, on the NW shoulder of King's Seat Hill,
and running If mile south-south-westward, till, after a
total descent of 1100 feet, it unites with Daiglen Burn
to form the Burn of Tillicoultry, at a point | mile N by
W of the town. Its waters were thought to be deadly
to trout owing to the presence of some mineral, till in
1833 Mr Archibald of Tillicoultry (then a boy of 14)
fished it by accident one misty day, and was rewarded
by a fine basketful. For two or three years he and his
brother-in-law, Mr John Ure, preserved the secret, and
caught many a trout of from J to f lb. ; but now the burn
has been nearly fished to death, and is not a whit better
than any of its neighbours. — Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
Glorat, a mansion in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire, 1
mile E of Lennoxtown, and IJNW of Milton. Tlie lands
of Glorat came by marriage to Sir John Stirling, armour-
bearer to James I. , by whom he was knighted in 1430 ;
and his descendant, Sir Charles-Eljihinstone-Fleming
Stirling, eighth Bart, since 1666 (b. 1832 ; sue. 1861),
holds 2700 acres in the shire, valued at £2040 per annum,
including £247 for a colliery. A finely timbered de-
mfisne lies around the house, and contains vestiges of
two ancient Caledonian forts. — Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.
GIoup, a sea-washed cavern in a cliff of St Andrews
parish, Orkney. Opening from the sea, it measures 60
feet in length by 56 in width, and in the reign of James
V. was the scene of the suicide of Sir James Sinclair,
natural son of the Earl of Orkney.
Glower o'er 'em. See Boerowstotjnness.
Glupe. See Duncansbay Head.
Goales, a deep romantic fissure in Kilmany Hill, Kil-
many parish, Fife. It is traversed by a brook, almost
dry in summer, but considerably voluminous in winter,
and it is adorned with plantations and beautiful walks.
Goatfell (an English corruption of the Gael, gaoth-
ceann, ' windy head '), a mountain of Kilbride parish,
in the E of Arran, Buteshire. Extending 4J miles
northward from Brodick Park to Glensannox, and 3 west-
ward from the coast to Glenrosie, it attains an altitude
of 2866 feet at a point SJ miles NNW of Brodick church ;
forms a grand feature in the scenery of the Firth of
Clyde ; and contains many striking close scenes among
its own glens and ravines. Its summit commands an
almost unrivalled view — north-westward to the Paps of
Jura ; northward to Ben Cruachan : north-eastward to
Ben Lomond ; eastward to Ayrshire ; southward to
Ailsa Craig and the coast of Ireland ; and westward to
the neighbouring jagged ridges of Caisteal Abhail (2735
feet), Cir Mhor (2618), and Ben Tarsuinn (2706). Its
S end is bold and rugged, yet can be readily scaled by
one or other of two paths from Brodick ; its E side,
flanking a narrow belt of sea-board, rises thence with
abrupt and rugged sternness, and presents an imposing
aspect to the Firth ; its N end and its W side ascend
in mural cliffs and tremendous acclivities from engird-
ling glens ; its shoulders converge in three lines, from
S, E, and ^Y, into a heaving plateau ; and both its highest
summit and another one 694 feet lower, have the form
of conical peaks. — Ord. Sur., sh. 21, 1870.
Goatmilk, a hill (561 feet) in Kinglassie parish, Fife,
on the S side of the Vale of Leven, 9 furlongs S by \V
of Leslie. An ancient fort that stood on it is said to
have been one of a chain of Danish forts extending from
Fife Ness to Stirling. —OrtZ. Sicr., sh. 40, 18B7.
Goblin's Cave. See Bealach-nam-Bo.
Goblin's Dell. See Ardtun.
Gockstane or Goukstane, a burn in the E of Close-
burn parisli, Dumfriesshire, rising on Gawin Moor, and
running 5§ miles south-eastward, chiefly along the
Kirkmahoe border, till it falls into the Water of Ae at
a point i mile SSW of Kirkmichael church. — Ord. Sur.,
shs. 9, 10, 1863-64.
Gogar, a station, a quondam parish, and a burn in the
W of Edinburghshire. The station, in Ratho parish, is
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on the Edinburgh and Glasgow section of the North
British railway, 6J miles WSW of Edinburgh. The
parish since 1599 has been incorporated partly with
Ratho, partly with Kirkliston, and chiefly with Cor- I
storphine ; and contains Gogar House, Gogar Burn 1
House, Gogar Mount, Gogar Park, Gogar Green, Gogar
Mains, Gogar Bank, Gogar Nursery, and Over Gogar —
all within 1 or 2 miles of the station. Its church was
older than that of Corstorphine, and a small part of it
still exists, having been set apart soon after the Refor-
mation as a family burying-place. On 27 Aug. 1650,
twenty-five days before the Battle of Dunbar, Gogar
was the scene of an artillery duel between the Scotch
under General Leslie and the English under Oliver
Cromwell, a skirmish thus described by the Protector
himself : — ' We marched westward of Edinburgh towards
Stirling, which the Enemy perceiving, marched with as
great expedition as was possible to prevent us ; and the
vanguards of both the Armies came to skirmish, — upon
a place where bogs and passes made the access of each
Army to the other difficult. We, being ignorant of the
place, drew up, hoping to have engaged ; but found no
way feasible, by reason of the bogs and other dilficulties.
We drew up our cannon, and did that day discharge
two or three hundred great shot upon them ; a con-
siderable number they likeivise returned to us : and
this was all that passed from each to other. Wherein
we had near twenty killed and wounded, but not one
Commission Officer. The Enemy, as we are informed,
had about eighty killed, and some considerable Oflicers.
Seeing they would keep their ground, from which we
could not remove them, and our bread being spent, —
we were necessitated to go for a new supply : and so
marched off about ten or eleven o'clock on Wednesday
morning,' — first to the camp at the Braid Hills, and
thence to Musselburgh (Carlyle's CroviweJl, part vi.,
letter 138). Gogar Burn, rising near the middle of .
Kirknewton parish, winds 13 miles north-north-east- I
ward through or along the borders of Kirknewton, 1
Ratho, Currie, Corstorphine, and Cramond, till it falls
into the river Almond at a point 3j miles WNW of
Corstorphine village. It abounds with excellent trout,
but is strictly preserved. — Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
Gogo Water, a burn in Largs parish, Ayrshire, rising
in two head-streams on Box Law (1543 feet), and run-
ning 5 miles west-south-westward to the Firth of Clyde
at Largs town. It receives midway the tribute of Greeta
Water, flowing 4J miles south-westward from the HUl of
Stake (1711 feet) at the Renfrewshire border. The trout
of both streams are few and small, although preserved.
—Ord. Sur., shs. 30, 29, 1866-73.
Goil, a fine sea-loch in Lochgoilhead parish, Cowal,
Argyllshire, extending 6 miles south-south-eastward to
Loch Long at a point directly opposite the head oi
Gare Loch, and just on a line therewith. Its breadth
varies between 2 and 6^ furlongs. At its head and along
part of its eastern shore is the village of Lochgoil-
head ; and it is flanked along most of that side by the
rugged and lofty mountain group of Argyll's Bowling-
Green, whose cliff-like heights, for a considerable way
towards the mouth of the loch, rise so abruptly as to
leave no space for a road. On the western side Loch
GoU is flanked by Ben Bheula (2557 feet) and lesser
intermediate eminences ; and here, towards the foot,
stands ruined Carkick Castle and a village of recent
growth.— Orrf. Sur., sh. 37, 1876.
Goin, Loch, or Blackwoodhill Dam, a lake partly in
Fenwick parish, Ayrshire, but chiefly in Eaglesham
parish, Renfrewshire, 3^ miles SW of Eaglesham village.
Lying among moorlands, 880 feet above sea-level, it has
an utmost length and breadth of 7 and 3 furlongs ;
contains excellent trout and some char ; and served as
a dam and reservoir to send ofi' water-power, through
Dumvan Dam and Holehall Burn, to the mills of
Eaglesham. Lochgoin farm has been noticed under
Fenwick.— Orrf. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.
Goldberry, a precipitous seaward hill (456 feet) in
West Kilbride parish, Ayrshire, 9 furlongs N by E of
Farland Head. Tradition says that a detachment of