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KILMALUAG
Ballachttlish. Nine public schools — Ardgonr, Banavie,
Barmacfoldach, Fort William, Garvan, Kinlocheil, Ach-
naearry, Trieslaig, and Onich — North Ballaehulish Epis-
copal, and Fort William Roman Catholic school, with total
accommodation for 681 children, had (1881) an average
attendance of 348, and grants amounting to £314, lis.
Valuation (1860) £10,531, (1882) £24,040, of which
£6887 was for the Argyllshire portion. Pop. (1801)
4520, (1831) 5566, (1861) 4272, (1871) 4066, (1881)
4157, of whom 3393 were Gaelic-speaking, 2716 were in
Inverness-shire, and 1417 belonged to Kilmallie ecclesias-
tical parish. — Ord. Sur., shs. 53, 62, 54, 1873-77.
Kilmaluag, an ancient parish in Argyllshire, nearly
or quite identical with the present parish of Lismore
and Appin. It was named from a St Malocus, said by
some to have lived in the 7th century, by others more
probably about the year 1160 ; and it contains, near
Portmaluag, some traces of what are alleged to have
been its original church.
Kilmanivaig. See Kilmonivaig.
Kilmany, a village and a parish of N Fife. The
village stands 2J miles S of the Firth of Tay and 5£ N
by E of Cupar, under which it has a post office.
The parish, containingalso Rathillet village, is bounded
N by Balmerino and Forgan, SE by Logie, S by Dairsie
and Cupar, SW by Monzie, and W by Creieh. Its
utmost length, from ENE to WSW, is 5g miles ; its
breadth varies between 3J furlongs and 3J miles ; and
its area is 5343 acres. The outline, narrow in the NE
and broad in the SW, rudely resembles that of a long-
necked globular bottle. The drainage is carried east-
ward by Motray Water to the Eden ; and the surface
sinking in the extreme NE to less than 100 feet above
sea-level, thence rises westward and south-westward to
439 feet at Long Hill, 348 at Round Hill, 404 at North
Hill, 493 at Dacklaw Hill, 563 at Myrecairnie Hill,
514 at Murdoehcairnie Hill, 538 at Starlaw, and 622
near Lewis Wood. The upper part of Motray vale
appears to have been successively a lake and a marsh,
and was not entirely drained and converted into prime
arable land till the latter part of last century. Goales
Den, traversed by a runnel southward to Motray Water,
is a deep cut near Kilmany village, apparently formed,
first by trap rock disruption, and next by the action of
running water. It was tastefully planted and inter-
sected with walks about the year 1825 ; and presents,
on a small scale, a charming series of romantic and
picturesque views. Trap rock of various kinds pre-
dominates throughout the parish, and.has been largely
worked for building material. The soil is various, but
generally good. About 235 acres are under wood, and
nearly all the rest of the land is in tillage. Stone
coffins, funereal urns, and a few coins have been from
time to time discovered. David Balfour, son of the
proprietor of Mountquhanie, was one of the plotters
and perpetrators of the death of Cardinal Beaton ;
David Hackston of Rathillet was one of the murderers
of Archbishop Sharp ; and the Rev. Dr Chalmers was
minister from 1803 till 1814. Mountquhanie, noticed
separately, is the chief residence ; and the property is
divided among 11. Kilmany is in the presbytery of
Cupar and synod of Fife ; the living is worth £291.
The parish church, at Kilmany village, is a very plain
structure of 1768, containing 320 sittings. A U.P.
church, also a very plain building, is at Rathillet ; and
two public schools, Kilmany and Kilmany female, with
respective accommodation for 63 and 38 children, had
(1881) an average attendance of 41 and 22, and grants
of £27, 16s. and £18, 10s. Valuation (1866) £8858,
(1883) £9469, 15s. Pop. (1801) 787, (1831) 707, (1861)
656, (1871) 651, (1881) 634.— Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Kilmardinny, a mansion in New Kilpatrick parish,
SE Dumbartonshire, 1J mile S by W of Milngavie. A
handsome edifice, with charming grounds and a beauti-
ful lakelet, it belongs to the heirs of Robert Dalglish,
Esq. (1808-80), Liberal M.P. for Glasgow from 1857 to
1874, who held 175 acres in Dumbarton and Renfrew
shires, valued at £553 per annum.— Ord Sur. , sh. 30,
1863.
370
KILMARNOCK
Kilmarie. See Ardnamtjeohan.
Kilmarnock, a stream of fair size in the Cunninghame
district of Ayrshire. It is formed by two streams that
rise on the S border of Eaglesham parish in the county
of Renfrew. The one to the W is known in Renfrew-
shire as Greenfield Burn, and in its Ayrshire part
as Fenwick Water. That to the W issues from Loch
Goin or Blaekwoodhill Dam, and is known at first as
Loch Burn ; after receiving Birk Burn it is known
as Dunton Water, and then as Craufurdland Water.
Both flow in a general south-westerly direction, the
former for 10 miles and the latter for 8 J miles, chiefly
through Fenwick and Kilmarnock parishes till they
unite at Dean Castle, 1 mile NE of the town of Kil-
marnock. The united stream known as Kilmarnock
Water has then a course of 2 miles till it falls into
Irvine Water 3 furlongs W of Riccarton. In the 17th
century Pont speaks of it as the Mernock, and Franck in
his Northern Memoirs as the Marr, while an old rhyme
calls it the Carth —
* The Water of Carth rins by the Dean
That ance was Lord Boyd's lodgin.'
A curious sudden freshet that took place on the stream
in 1852, is noticed in the article on the burgh of Kil-
marnock.— Ord. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.
Kilmarnock (Gael. Kil Marnoch, the ' Church of St
Marnoch '), a parish containing a large town of the same
name in the Cunninghame district of Ayrshire. Prior to
1642 it included also the present parish of Fenwick.
The modern parish is bounded N and E by Fenwick,
SE by Loudoun, S byGalston and by Riccarton, and W by
Kilmaurs. The shape is somewhat irregular, but may
be roughly described as a parallelogram with the SW
corner drawn out and a protuberance stuck on to the
NW corner. The boundary on the SE is formed by
Polbaith Burn for 5J miles, and on the S for 7f miles
by Irvine Water, which divides it from Kyle ; elsewhere
the line is artificial. The greatest length is from ENE
at Sneddon Law, to WSW at the point where the
parishes of Kilmarnock, Riccarton, and Kilmaurs meet,
a distance of 9J miles, and the greatest breadth, from
NW at the point where Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, and Fen-
wick meet, to SE at the point where Kilmarnock,
Loudoun, and Galston meet, a distance of 5J miles. The
area is 9552J acres, of which 108J are water. The sur-
face rises from S to N. The height above sea-level on
the S side is 127 feet near the town, and 173 at the SE
corner, and from this there is a gradual increase till
near the NE corner of Northcraig Reservoir it reaches
327 feet, N of Laigh Blackwood 410, near High Rusha
650, and at Sneddon Law 782. The drainage is effected
by the Polbaith Burn on the SE, by Kilmarnock Water
on the W, and by several smaller burns between, all
flowing to the SW and entering Irvine Water. The
soil is a deep strong fertile loam, though in the NE it
is somewhat inclined to moss.
Up till near the close of last century agriculture was
in a very backward condition, but, in 1792, a society was
instituted for the purpose of promoting agricultural pro-
gress, and now the whole landward part of the parish,
except about 400 acres at the NE corner at Sneddon
Law, and a few patches of wood at Craufurdland Castle
and elsewhere, is under cultivation. Great attention is
paid, as elsewhere throughout Ayrshire, to dairy farm-
ing, the produce in cheese being about equal in value to
that in oats, and double the value of the produce in
wheat. The underlying rocks are carboniferous, partly
volcanic, and partly sandstone. Coal is extensively
worked in the SW, and an excellent white sandstone
has long been worked near Dean Castle at the junction
of Craufurdland and Fenwick Waters, and near this are
also workings of fire-brick clay. Other industries are
noticed under the burgh. The chief seats are Annan-
hill, Assloss, and Craufurdland Castle ; and the latter,
Dean Castle, and Rowallan are the principal objects of
antiquarian interest. The oldest part of Craufurdland
Castle, 2h miles NE of the town of Kilmarnock, on a
steep bank overlooking Craufurdland Water, dates tra-
Ballachttlish. Nine public schools — Ardgonr, Banavie,
Barmacfoldach, Fort William, Garvan, Kinlocheil, Ach-
naearry, Trieslaig, and Onich — North Ballaehulish Epis-
copal, and Fort William Roman Catholic school, with total
accommodation for 681 children, had (1881) an average
attendance of 348, and grants amounting to £314, lis.
Valuation (1860) £10,531, (1882) £24,040, of which
£6887 was for the Argyllshire portion. Pop. (1801)
4520, (1831) 5566, (1861) 4272, (1871) 4066, (1881)
4157, of whom 3393 were Gaelic-speaking, 2716 were in
Inverness-shire, and 1417 belonged to Kilmallie ecclesias-
tical parish. — Ord. Sur., shs. 53, 62, 54, 1873-77.
Kilmaluag, an ancient parish in Argyllshire, nearly
or quite identical with the present parish of Lismore
and Appin. It was named from a St Malocus, said by
some to have lived in the 7th century, by others more
probably about the year 1160 ; and it contains, near
Portmaluag, some traces of what are alleged to have
been its original church.
Kilmanivaig. See Kilmonivaig.
Kilmany, a village and a parish of N Fife. The
village stands 2J miles S of the Firth of Tay and 5£ N
by E of Cupar, under which it has a post office.
The parish, containingalso Rathillet village, is bounded
N by Balmerino and Forgan, SE by Logie, S by Dairsie
and Cupar, SW by Monzie, and W by Creieh. Its
utmost length, from ENE to WSW, is 5g miles ; its
breadth varies between 3J furlongs and 3J miles ; and
its area is 5343 acres. The outline, narrow in the NE
and broad in the SW, rudely resembles that of a long-
necked globular bottle. The drainage is carried east-
ward by Motray Water to the Eden ; and the surface
sinking in the extreme NE to less than 100 feet above
sea-level, thence rises westward and south-westward to
439 feet at Long Hill, 348 at Round Hill, 404 at North
Hill, 493 at Dacklaw Hill, 563 at Myrecairnie Hill,
514 at Murdoehcairnie Hill, 538 at Starlaw, and 622
near Lewis Wood. The upper part of Motray vale
appears to have been successively a lake and a marsh,
and was not entirely drained and converted into prime
arable land till the latter part of last century. Goales
Den, traversed by a runnel southward to Motray Water,
is a deep cut near Kilmany village, apparently formed,
first by trap rock disruption, and next by the action of
running water. It was tastefully planted and inter-
sected with walks about the year 1825 ; and presents,
on a small scale, a charming series of romantic and
picturesque views. Trap rock of various kinds pre-
dominates throughout the parish, and.has been largely
worked for building material. The soil is various, but
generally good. About 235 acres are under wood, and
nearly all the rest of the land is in tillage. Stone
coffins, funereal urns, and a few coins have been from
time to time discovered. David Balfour, son of the
proprietor of Mountquhanie, was one of the plotters
and perpetrators of the death of Cardinal Beaton ;
David Hackston of Rathillet was one of the murderers
of Archbishop Sharp ; and the Rev. Dr Chalmers was
minister from 1803 till 1814. Mountquhanie, noticed
separately, is the chief residence ; and the property is
divided among 11. Kilmany is in the presbytery of
Cupar and synod of Fife ; the living is worth £291.
The parish church, at Kilmany village, is a very plain
structure of 1768, containing 320 sittings. A U.P.
church, also a very plain building, is at Rathillet ; and
two public schools, Kilmany and Kilmany female, with
respective accommodation for 63 and 38 children, had
(1881) an average attendance of 41 and 22, and grants
of £27, 16s. and £18, 10s. Valuation (1866) £8858,
(1883) £9469, 15s. Pop. (1801) 787, (1831) 707, (1861)
656, (1871) 651, (1881) 634.— Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Kilmardinny, a mansion in New Kilpatrick parish,
SE Dumbartonshire, 1J mile S by W of Milngavie. A
handsome edifice, with charming grounds and a beauti-
ful lakelet, it belongs to the heirs of Robert Dalglish,
Esq. (1808-80), Liberal M.P. for Glasgow from 1857 to
1874, who held 175 acres in Dumbarton and Renfrew
shires, valued at £553 per annum.— Ord Sur. , sh. 30,
1863.
370
KILMARNOCK
Kilmarie. See Ardnamtjeohan.
Kilmarnock, a stream of fair size in the Cunninghame
district of Ayrshire. It is formed by two streams that
rise on the S border of Eaglesham parish in the county
of Renfrew. The one to the W is known in Renfrew-
shire as Greenfield Burn, and in its Ayrshire part
as Fenwick Water. That to the W issues from Loch
Goin or Blaekwoodhill Dam, and is known at first as
Loch Burn ; after receiving Birk Burn it is known
as Dunton Water, and then as Craufurdland Water.
Both flow in a general south-westerly direction, the
former for 10 miles and the latter for 8 J miles, chiefly
through Fenwick and Kilmarnock parishes till they
unite at Dean Castle, 1 mile NE of the town of Kil-
marnock. The united stream known as Kilmarnock
Water has then a course of 2 miles till it falls into
Irvine Water 3 furlongs W of Riccarton. In the 17th
century Pont speaks of it as the Mernock, and Franck in
his Northern Memoirs as the Marr, while an old rhyme
calls it the Carth —
* The Water of Carth rins by the Dean
That ance was Lord Boyd's lodgin.'
A curious sudden freshet that took place on the stream
in 1852, is noticed in the article on the burgh of Kil-
marnock.— Ord. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.
Kilmarnock (Gael. Kil Marnoch, the ' Church of St
Marnoch '), a parish containing a large town of the same
name in the Cunninghame district of Ayrshire. Prior to
1642 it included also the present parish of Fenwick.
The modern parish is bounded N and E by Fenwick,
SE by Loudoun, S byGalston and by Riccarton, and W by
Kilmaurs. The shape is somewhat irregular, but may
be roughly described as a parallelogram with the SW
corner drawn out and a protuberance stuck on to the
NW corner. The boundary on the SE is formed by
Polbaith Burn for 5J miles, and on the S for 7f miles
by Irvine Water, which divides it from Kyle ; elsewhere
the line is artificial. The greatest length is from ENE
at Sneddon Law, to WSW at the point where the
parishes of Kilmarnock, Riccarton, and Kilmaurs meet,
a distance of 9J miles, and the greatest breadth, from
NW at the point where Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, and Fen-
wick meet, to SE at the point where Kilmarnock,
Loudoun, and Galston meet, a distance of 5J miles. The
area is 9552J acres, of which 108J are water. The sur-
face rises from S to N. The height above sea-level on
the S side is 127 feet near the town, and 173 at the SE
corner, and from this there is a gradual increase till
near the NE corner of Northcraig Reservoir it reaches
327 feet, N of Laigh Blackwood 410, near High Rusha
650, and at Sneddon Law 782. The drainage is effected
by the Polbaith Burn on the SE, by Kilmarnock Water
on the W, and by several smaller burns between, all
flowing to the SW and entering Irvine Water. The
soil is a deep strong fertile loam, though in the NE it
is somewhat inclined to moss.
Up till near the close of last century agriculture was
in a very backward condition, but, in 1792, a society was
instituted for the purpose of promoting agricultural pro-
gress, and now the whole landward part of the parish,
except about 400 acres at the NE corner at Sneddon
Law, and a few patches of wood at Craufurdland Castle
and elsewhere, is under cultivation. Great attention is
paid, as elsewhere throughout Ayrshire, to dairy farm-
ing, the produce in cheese being about equal in value to
that in oats, and double the value of the produce in
wheat. The underlying rocks are carboniferous, partly
volcanic, and partly sandstone. Coal is extensively
worked in the SW, and an excellent white sandstone
has long been worked near Dean Castle at the junction
of Craufurdland and Fenwick Waters, and near this are
also workings of fire-brick clay. Other industries are
noticed under the burgh. The chief seats are Annan-
hill, Assloss, and Craufurdland Castle ; and the latter,
Dean Castle, and Rowallan are the principal objects of
antiquarian interest. The oldest part of Craufurdland
Castle, 2h miles NE of the town of Kilmarnock, on a
steep bank overlooking Craufurdland Water, dates tra-
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