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KILLIN
7 miles WNW of Killiu village, rises northward from
590 feet to 2580 at *Meall Taurine, and is bounded N
by Fortingall, on all other sides by fragments of Kenmore
and Weeni.
Such is a bare outline of the general features of this
great Highland parish, whose beauties, antiquities, and
history are noticed more fully under Daleigh, Dochart,
Fillan, Finlarig, Glenfalloch, Glenlochy, and
other articles above referred to. Mica slate is the pre-
dominant rock, though this parish also abounds in
talcose, chloritic, and hornblende rocks, and in greyish
highly crystalline limestone. Lead ore has been worked
at Clifton, near Tyndrum ; cobalt is found in an ore,
which yields also 60 oz. of silver per ton ; a rich vein
of sulphurate of iron occurs in Craigehailliach ; and
specimens of rock crystal, amethystine quartz, smoke
quartz, and some other rare minerals are found. The
soil of the tracts incumbent upon limestone is generally
light and dry, but in the bottoms of Glenlochy, Glen-
dochart, and Strathfillan is wet and marshy. Less than
one thirty-fifth of the entire area is in tillage ; 1100
acres are under wood, and all the rest of the land is
either pastoral or waste. Mansions are Auchlyne
House, Lochdochart Lodge, and Glenfalloch House ;
and the Earl of Breadalbane is much the largest pro-
prietor, 2 others holding an annual value of £500 and
upwards, 2 of between £100 and £500, and 4 of from
£20 to £50. Killin is in the presbytery of Weem and
synod of Perth and Stirling ; the living is worth £365.
There are Free churches of Ardeonaig and Strathfillan ;
and five public schools — Ardeonaig, Crianlarich, Glen-
doehart, Killin, and Strathfillan — with respective accom-
modation for 56, 52, 43, 127, and 50 children, had (18S1)
an average attendance of 22, 14, IS, 75, and 21, and
grants of £40, 2s., £26, 13s., £31, Is., £6S, 16s., and
£37, 6s. 6d. Valuation (1866) £11,502, (1883) £12,215,
15s. 5d. Pop. (1801) 2043, (1831) 2002, (1861) 1520,
(1S71) 1S56, many of them navvies; (1S81) 1277, of
whom 1003 were Gaelic-speaking. — Orel. Sur., shs. 46,
47, 1872-69.
Killin, Culen, or Loch a Chuilirm, an expansion of
the river Bran, in a detached portion of Fodderty parish,
central Ross-shire, 1| mile E of Auchanault station.
Lying 360 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length
and breadth of 1£ mile and 1-J furlong, contains trout
and pike, and is largely invaded by moss. — Ord. Sur.,
shs. 82, 83, 1882-81.
Killisport, Loch. See Caolisport.
Killochan Castle, a 16th century mansion, near the
SW border of Dailly parish, Ayrshire, and the right
bank of the Water of Girvan, 3 furlongs ESE of Kil-
lochan station on the Maybole and Girvan section of
the Glasgow and South-Western railway, this being 2j
miles NE of Girvan. It is the Scottish seat of Sir Reginald-
Archibald-Edward Cathcart, sixth Bart, since 1703 (b.
1S38 ; sue. 1878), who holds 13,118 acres in the shire,
valued at £6386 per annum, and who in 1SS0 married
the proprietress of Cluny Castle in Aberdeenshire. —
Ord. Sur., sh. 8, 1863.
Killock Burn. See Glenkillock.
Killoe Water. See Kello.
Killoran or Colonsay House. See Colonsay.
Killundine, an old castle in Morvern parish, Argyll-
shire, on the NE shore of the Sound of Mull, 3J miles
NNE of Aros Castle. Used as a hunting lodge by the
feudal occupants of Aros Castle, it still is sometimes
called Caisteal- nan -Coin, signifying 'the Castle of
Dogs.' Col. Charles Cheapest' Killundine (b. 1S06)
holds 4553 acres in the shire, valued at £614 per
annum.
Killyhounan. See Killachoxan.
Killywhan, a station at the NE border of Kirkgunzeon
parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the Dumfries and Castle-
Douglas section of the Glasgow and South-Western rail-
way, 8J miles SW of Dumfries.
Kilmacolm. See Kilmalcolm.
Kilmadan. See Kilmodan.
Eilmadock, a parish of S Perthshire, containing the
post-town and station of Doune, with the villages of
368
KILMAHEW
Buchany, Deanston, and Drumvaich. It is bounded
N by a detached section of Monzievaird and Strowan,
E by Dunblane, SE by Lecropt and Kincardine, S
by Gargunnock and Kippen in Stirlingshire, SW
by Kincardine (detached) and Port of Monteith, and
W and NW by Callander. Its utmost length, from
N by E to S by W, is 10| miles; its breadth
varies between 1J and 8 miles; and its area is 24,783
acres, of which 262J are water. The Forth, in
serpentine folds, flows 6| miles eastward along all
the Stirlingshire border ; Goodie Water, its affluent,
runs 4J miles east-south-eastward across the southern
interior. The arrowy Teith flows 8| miles east-south-
eastward, partly along the Callander and Kincardine
boundaries, but chiefly across the middle of the parish ;
Keltie Water runs 2i miles southward to it along the
western border ; and Ardoch Burn, issuing from Loch
Mahaick or Maghaig (f x J mile ; 750 feet), runs 1 J mile
eastward, and, after a detour into Dunblane, 2J miles
west-by-southward, till it falls near Doune town into the
Teith, another of whose tributaries, Annet Burn, has a
southerly course of 6J miles, and forms a number of
pretty waterfalls. The Teith itself, with the frequent
rapids of its rock}' channel, the configuration and em-
bellishment of its banks, and its artificial cascades in
connection with Deanston Works, exhibits a wealth of
loveliness. Springs are numerous and good ; and one
in the side of Uamh Mhor, on the northern border,
leaps out from the solid rock like a jet or spout. Along
the Forth the surface declines to 40, along the Teith to
46, feet above sea-level ; and the highest point in Kil-
rnadock between the two rivers is the Brae of Boquhapple
(422 feet), near the western border. The northern dis-
trict is far more hilly, its heathery Braes of Doune
rising up and up till they attain 500 feet at 1-J mile
from the Teith, 1000 at 3 J miles, and 2179 at Uamh
Bheag on the northern boundary, whose neighbour
Uamh Mhor or ' Uamvar ' (Gael. ' great cave ') com-
mands a magnificent view, and is pierced on the Kil-
madock side with a large rocky cavern, the haunt of
robbers down to the middle of last century. Eruptive
rocks predominate in the hills, Devonian rocks in the
valleys ; and the soil is extremely various, ranging from
rich alluvium to barren moor. The low tracts are
nearly all in high cultivation, and the uplands are
mostly pastoral or waste. The parish has been ren-
dered famous in the annals of agriculture through
James Smith of Deanston (1789-1850), who here in
1S23 introduced his system of thorough draining and
deep ploughing. Under Doune are noticed the chief
antiquities, its castle and the Bridge of Teith. Man-
sions are Lanrick Castle, Doune Lodge, Cambusmore,
Inverardoch, Deanston House, Argaty, Coldoch, and Gar-
tincaber, of which the four first have separate articles.
The last, Gartincaber, 2J miles E of Thornhill, is partly
modern, the seat of John Burn-Murdoch, Esq. (b. 1821;
sue. 1871), who owns 1540 acres in the shire, valued at
£1791 per annum. The Earl of Moray and 11 lesser pro-
prietors hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 4
of between £100 and £500, 3 of from £50 to £100, and 35
of frcm £20 to £50. Giving off since 1877 a portion to
Norriston quoad sacra parish, Kilmadock is in the pres-
bytery of Dunblane and synod of Perth and Stirling ;
the living is worth £391. The ancient parish church,
St Modoc's, stood till 1744 at the old hamlet of Kil-
madock ; and, whilst itself belonging to Inchmahome
Prioiy, had six dependent chapels. The present parish
church and four other places of worship are noticed
under Doune. Three public schools — Kilmadock,
Deanston, and Drumvaich — with respective accom-
modation for 361, 216, and 40 children, had (1882)
an average attendance of 165, 137, and 30, and grants
of £161, 10s., £132, 10s., and £35, Is. Valuation
(1860) £21,009, 9s. 3d., (1883) £23,194, lis. 3d., plus
£3750 for railway. Pop. (1801) 3044, (1841) 4055,
(1861) 3312, (1S71) 3170, (1881) 3012, of whom 2742 were
in the ecclesiastical parish. — Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
Kilmahew, a fine modern Scottish Baronial mansion
in Cardross parish, Dumbartonshire, 1 mile N by E of