Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 4

KNOCKEREX
KYLE
above Munlochy are numerous cairns ; and a large one
on the western part of the ridge is believed to com-
memorate the Battle of Blair-na-coi ('field of lamenta-
tion'), in which, in 1340, the Macdonalds were routed
by a night attack of the townsfolk of Inverness. Other
antiquities are a vitrified fort on Ord Hill ; an earth fort
on Craig-caistal, Lundie ; 'James's Temple ' on Drumder-
fit ; hut circles at Taerdore, Arpafeelie ; stone circles at
Muirton, Belinaduthie, and the ' Temple ; ' and crema-
tion burial mounds discovered at Drumnamarg in 1881.
General John Randall Mackenzie, who fell at the battle
of Talavera in 1809, was a native. Allangrange House,
2 miles SW of Munlochy, is the seat of James Fowler
Mackenzie, Esq. (b. 1S33 ; sue. 1S49), who holds 2742
acres in the shire, valued at £1693 per annum. Other
mansions, noticed separately, are Belmaduthie and
Drynie ; and the property is divided among 6, 1 hold-
ing an annual value of over £4000, 3 of between £1000
and £2000, and 2 of between £400 and £600. Knock-
bain is in the presbytery of Chanonry and synod of
Ross ; the living is worth £297. The parish church,
enlarged about 1816, contains 750 sittings. There are
a Free church and Arpafeelie Episcopal church, St
John's (1S16 ; 200 sittings) ; and Drumsmittal public,
Munlochy public, Upper Knockbain public, and Arpa-
feelie Episcopal schools, with respective accommodation
for 120, 140, 117, and 89 children, had (1881) an
average attendance of 76, 62, 55, and 58, and grants of
£66, 16s., £35, 17s., £42, 4s., and £50, 5s. Valuation
(1860) £5176, (1SS2) £10,049, 14s. 9d. Pop. (1801)
1859, (1841) 2565, (1861) 2485, (1871) 2155, (1SS1)
1866, of whom 1071 were Gaelic-speaking. — Ord. Sur.,
shs. 83, 84, 1881-76.
Knockbrex, a mansion in Borgue parish, Kirkcud-
brightshire, near the shore of Fleet Bay, 5J miles S by
"YV of Gatehouse.
Knock Castle, a mansion in Largs parish, Ayrshire,
near the shore of the Firth of Clyde, 2-J miles N by W
of Largs town. Comprising two buildings, separate one
from another, it is partly a renovated ancient baronial
fortalice, partly a modern, magnificent, castellated
edifice in the old Scottish style. Its owner, George
Elder, Esq. (b. 1816), holds 153 acres in the shire,
valued at £418 per annum. Knock Hill (777 feet), 1J
mile to the NE, was used in old times as a beacon
station, and commands an extensive and very brilliant
view. From about 1400 till 1650 the Knock estate
belonged to a younger branch of the Frasers of Lovat.
— Ord. Sur., sh. 29, 1873.
Knock Castle, a ruin in Glenmuick parish, Aberdeen-
shire, on a beautiful eminence, in the peninsula between
the rivers Muick and Dee, 2 miles WSW of Ballater.
It once was a strong and stately edifice belonging to
the Gordons.
Knock Castle, a ruin on a rocky headland of the SE
coast of Sleat parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 4
miles SSW of Isle Ornsay. It once was a stronghold
of the Barons of Sleat.
Knockdavie. See Burntisland.
Knockdolian, an ISth century mansion in Colmonell
parish, Ayrshire, on the right bank of the Stinchar,
and at the NE base of conical Knockdolian Hill (869
feet), 2 miles W by S of the village. Its owner,
William M'Connel, Esq. (b. 1809), holds 3230 acres in
the shire, valued at £2031 per annum. Ruined Knock-
dolian Castle stands i mile to the NW. — Ord. Sur., sh.
7, 1863.
Knockdow or Knockdhu, a mansion in Inverehaolain
parish, Argyllshire, near the right bank of Ardyne
Burn, 2 miles NNW of Toward. It is the seat of
James Lamont, Esq. (b. 1828 ; sue. 1861), author,
Arctic explorer, and Liberal M. P. for Buteshire 1865-6S,
who holds 6277 acres in the shire, valued at £1776 per
annum. — Ord. Sur., sh. 29, 1873.
Knockendoeh. See Criffel.
Knockentiber. See Knockintiber.
Knockespock, a large old mansion in Clatt parish,
Aberdeenshire, 4£ miles S by W of Kennethmont
station. Its owner, Mrs Fellowes-Gordon, holds 6709
acres in the shire, valued at £3433 per annum. — Ord.
Sur., sh. 76, 1874.
Knockfarrel, a conical eminence (579 feet) in Fodderty
parish, Ross-shire, on the S side of Strathpeft'er vale,
1 J mile E by N of Strathpeffer Spa. Rising from the
vale in so steep an ascent as to look almost mural, it is
crowned with a vitrified fort, measuring 420 feet by
120, and defended by breastworks ; and it commands a
noble view to Craigphadrick in the vicinity of Inverness,
and to the N Sutor of Cromarty. — Ord. Sur. , sh. 83, 1881.
Knockfin or Fingal's Fort. See Dun Fionn.
Knockfin Heights. See Halkirk and Kildonan.
Knockgray, an estate, with a mansion (a farmhouse
now), in Carsphairn parish, N Kirkcudbrightshire, 11
miles SE of Dalmellington. Acquired by the Kennedies
towards the close of the 17th century, it is now the pro-
perty of Capt. Alex. William Maxwell Clark-Kennedy,
F.L.S., F.R.G.S. (b. 1851 ; sue. 1867), who holds 3609
acres in the shire, valued at £1072 per annum. — Ord.
Sur., sh. 8, 1863.
Knockhall Castle. See Foveran.
Knockhill, an estate, with a modern mansion, in
Hoddam parish, Dumfriesshire, 1J mile WSW of Eecle-
fechan.
Knockhillie or Knockhooly, a hamlet in Colvend parish,
SE Kirkcudbrightshire, on the left bank of Southwick
Burn, 8 miles ESE of Dalbeattie.
Knockinaam Lodge, a charming marine residence on
the Dunskey estate, Portpatrick parish, W Wigtown-
shire, close to the shore of Port o' Spittal Bay, 3 miles
SE of Portpatrick town.
Knockinnan, a ruined fortalice on the coast of Latheron
parish, Caithness, 2 miles NNE of Dunbeath, 5 furlongs
nearer which is Knockinnan inn.
Knockintiber, a village in Kilmaurs parish, Ayrshire,
2 miles WSW of Kilmarnock.
Knocknalling, an estate, with a modern mansion, in
Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, near the right bank
of the Ken and the left of confluent Pulharrow Burn,
6 miles NNW of New Galloway. Its owner, John
Lawson Kennedy, Esq. (b. 1816), holds 2646 acres in
the shire, valued at £1015 per annum. — Ord. Sur., sh.
9, 1863.
Knock of Braemoray. See Edinkillie.
Knowe, a hamlet, with a post office under Kirkcowan
and a public school, in Penninghame parish, NE Wig-
townshire.
Knowesouth, an estate, with a mansion, in Bedrule
parish, Roxburghshire, near the right bank of the
Teviot, 4 miles W by N of Jedburgh. Its owner,
Gideon Pott, Esq. of Dod (b. 1824 ; sue. 1862), holds
1332 acres in the shire, valued at £115S per annum. —
Ord. Sur., sh. 17, 1S64.
Knoydart, a district and a quoad sacra parish in
Glenelg parish, W Inverness-shire. The district is
bounded on the N by Loch Hourn, on the E by Kilmoni-
vaig, on the S by Loch Nevis, on the W by the Sound
of Sleat. Its greatest length, from E to W, is 15 miles ;
its greatest breadth is 9 miles ; and its area is about 85
square miles. The surface is mostly mountainous, yet
includes a considerable aggregate of arable land ; and it
abounds in features of romantic and grandly picturesque
scenery. Guseran Water rises on the E border, and
runs through the middle to the Sound of Sleat ; and
Inverie House stands on Loch Nevis, 10 miles SSE of
Isle Ornsay and 54 WSW" of Fort Augustus, and is the
seat of John Baird, Esq. of Lochwood and Knoydart (b.
1S52 ; sue. 1876), who holds 60,000 acres in the shire,
valued at £4033 per annum. The quoad sacra parish,
which is nearly conterminous with the district, and
which sprang from a mission station of the Royal
Bounty, is in the presbytery of Lochcarron and synod
of Glenelg. The stipend is £120. A Roman Catholic
church, St Anthony's, was built in 1850, and contains
300 sittings. Pop. of parish (1871) 470, (1881) 437.
Kyle, an ancient castle and a district in Ayrshire.
The castle stood in Auchinleck parish, on an elevated
tongue of land between confluent Gelt and Glenmore
Waters, 6 miles E of Cumnock. Unknown to history,
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