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GRETNA GREEN
tains 1000 sittings. At Rigg there is also a U.P. church
(1832 ; 367 sittings) ; and two public schools, Gretna
and Mount Pleasant, with respective accommodation
for 141 and 160 children, had (1881) an average attend-
ance of 96 and 68, and grants of £78, Is. and £55, 7s.
Valuation (1843) £6068, 15s., (1883) £10,364, 16s. 3d.
Pop. (1801) 1765, (1831) 1909, (1861) 1620, (1871) 1395,
(1881) 1212.— Ord. Sur., shs. 6, 10, 1863-64. See P. 0.
Hutchinson's Chronicles of Gretna Oreen (2 vols., Lond.,
1844).
Gretna Green. See Gretna.
Greyfriars. See Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayr, Dum-
fries, Elgin, Stirling, Perth, and St Andrews.
Greyhope, a small bay in Nigg parish, NE Kincardine-
shire, between Nigg Bay and Girdleness liglithouse.
The Greenland ship, the Oscar, was wrecked here in
1813, when 55 lives were lost.
Grey Mare's Tail, a splendid waterfall on the north-
eastern verge of Moffat parish, NE Dumfriesshire,
formed midway by the Tail Burn, which, running 1%
mile south-east-by-southward out of Loch Skene (1700
feet), falls, after a total descent of 920 feet, into Moffat
Water at a point 10 miles NE of Moffat town and IJ
mile SE of Birkhill Inn. Its volume is trivial in time
of drought, but very considerable after heavy rains ; it
is so flanked and overhung by wild and gloomy scenery
as to possess imposing interest in its mere surroundings ;
it rushes in one unbroken column over a stupendous
precipice of rocks, with aggregate descent of 350 feet,
between lofty, mural, rocky hUls ; and whenever in con-
siderable volume, it has the form of a cataract lashed into
foam by obstructions, and rendered of a greyish tint by
intermixing glimpses of the background of darlc rock.
A short distance below it is a hollow space called the
Giant's Grave ; and a spot at a high elevation on one of
its sides, and reached by a footpath, overlooks both the
entire waterfall itself and the stream rushing away from
its foot. Any spectator on that spot, like the palmer
in Sir Walter Scott's Marmion —
* Just on the edge, straining his ken.
May view the bottom of the den,
Where deep, deep down, and far within.
Toils with tlie roclis the roaring linn ;
Then, issuing fortli one foamy wave,
And wheeling round the Giaut's Grave,
White as the snowy charger's tail.
Drives down the Pass of Moffatdale.*
A footpath leads up to the pool into which the waterfall
plunges.— Ord. Sur., sh. 16, 1864.
Grey Mare's Tail. See Closebtjrn.
Griam or Loch a' Ghriama, a lake near the NAV
border of Lairg parish, Sutherland. It receives one
stream running 1| mile south-south-westward from Loch
Merkland, and sends off another 3 furlongs southward
to the head of Loch Shin ; and, lying 304 feet above
sea-level, has an utmost length and breadth of If mile by
3 furlongs. Its trout run up to 3 lbs., its salmo-ferox
up to 12.— Ord. Sur., sh. 108, 1880.
Gribon, a promontory on the W side of Mull island,
Argyllshire, between Loch-na-Keal and Loch Scridain.
It presents a front of about 7 miles in length to the
Atlantic ; shows a rough rocky shoie-line and a high
range of cliffs ; recedes, in trap terraces, tUl it attains
an altitude of 1621 feet above sea-level ; lies well
in view of steamers on the passage from Staffa to lona ;
and is pierced by a remarkable cavern called Mac-
kinnon's Cave, and separately noticed.
Gribton, an estate, ^vith a mansion in the Baronial
style, in Holywood parish, Dumfriesshire, on the left
bank of Cairn Water, 5 miles NW of Dumfries. Its
owner, Francis Maxwell, Esq. (b. 1825 ; sue. 1864),
holds 619 acres in the shire, valued at £1288 per annum.
—Ord. Sur., sh. 9, 1863.
Grieff. See Gryfe.
Grimersta, a salmon streamlet of Lochs parish, on the
W side of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Rossshire, running
IJ mile north-north-eastward from Loch Eaoghail an
Tuim to the head of salt-water Loch Roag. — Ord. Sur.,
sh. 105, 1858.
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Grimes' Dyke. See Antoninus' Wall.
Grimisay, an island of North Uist parish. Outer
Hebrides, Inverness-shire. Lying in the middle of the
eastern part of the Sound between North Uist island
and Benbecula, it has an utmost length and breadth of
3 and IJ miles, and was formerly considered barren and
of trivial value, but has been turned to good habitable
account. There are a post ofiice under Lochmaddy and
a public school (1879), with accommodation for 76
children. Pop. (1841) 269, (1861) 305, (1871) 283,
(1881) 292.
Grimisay, a small island of South Uist parish. Outer
Hebrides, Inverness-shire. Pop. (1871) 6, (1881) 28.
Grim Ness. See Ronaldshay, South.
Grimshadar, a sea-loch in Lochs parish, E side of
Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire. It enters 4^ miles S
of Stornoway, and penetrates the land 2J miles west-
by-southward, having a varying width of 3 furlongs and
barely 100 yards. Near its northern shore is a triangular
fresh-water lake of the same name, which measures 2J
by 1| furlongs.— 0)-cZ. Sur., sh. 105, 1858.
Gritmoor or Greatmoor, a hill near the meeting-point
of Teviothead, Cavers, and Castleton parishes, Rox-
burghshire, 9 miles S by W of Hawick. It forms part
of the mountain chain of watershed between Teviotdale
and Liddesdale, and rises to an altitude of 1964 feet
above sea-level. — Ord. Sur., sh. 17, 1864.
Groceries. See Alexandria.
Grogport, a coast village in Saddell parish, E Kintyre,
Argyllshire, 5 mUes N of Carradale.
Grove, The, a mansion on the eastern verge of Eirk-
patrick-Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 3J miles
WNW of Dumfries. Built about 1840, after designs by
Rickman, it is an elegant and commodious edifice, sur-
mounted by a square tower, that commands a fine view
of the town and environs of Dumfries. Its owner,
Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell, Esq. (b. 1818 ; sue. 1867),
holds 400 acres in the shire, valued at £578 per annum.
—Ord. Sur., sh. 9, 1863.
Grubbit Law, a hill (1071 feet) in Morebattle parish,
E Roxburghshire, IJ mile ESE of the chm-ch.
Grudie. See Durness.
Gruinard, Ross-shire. See Greinord.
Gruinnard or Gruinart, a hamlet and a sea-loch on
the NW side of Islay island, Argj'llshire. The hamlet
lies towards the head of the loch, 7 mUes NW of Bridg-
end, and has a post ofiice under Greenock. The loch,
entering 8 miles SW of Rudha Mhail Point, penetrates
4J miles southward to within 3 miles of the upper part
of Loch Indal, and is dry over great part of its area at
low water. It receives at its head the Anaharty, wind-
ing 7J miles south-westward and north-by-westward,
and depositing as much silt as to maintain a bar across
the loch's mouth ; and it has, even at high water, an
intricate channel, yet serves as a safe haven for smaU.
vessels. A strong party of the Macleans of Mull,
landing here in 1588, fought a sanguinary skirmish
^vith the Macdonalds of Islay.
Gruna, a small uninhabited island in Fetlar and
North Yell parish, Shetland, IJ mile N of Fetlar
island.
Gruna Skerries, a group of small islands in Nesting
parish, Shetland. Pop. (1861) 17, (1871) 19, (1881) 25.
Gruver, a village in Lochs parish, Lewis, Outer
Hebrides, Ross-shire. Pop. (1861) 326, (1871) 353,
(1881) 368.
Gryfe or Gryffe Water, a stream issuing from Gryfe
Reservoir (2 miles x J mile ; 530 feet) of the Greenock
Waterworks, and winding 16 miles east-south-eastward,
till it falls into the Black Cart at Walkinshaw House, 2
miles NNW of Paisley. It intersectsor bounds the parishes
of Greenock, Kilmalcolm, Houston, Kilbarchan, Erskine,
Inchinnan, and Renfrew ; traverses first bleak heathy
uplands, and then the broad Renfrewshire plain ; is fed by
at least a dozen little affluents ; anU contains trout, with
a few grayling, its waters being preserved. Anciently
it gave the name of Strathgryfe either to its own proper
basin or to all the territory now forming Renfrewshire.
Gryffe Castle, near its left bank, J mile NNW of Bridge