Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 5

LUBTDIE, LOCH
Earls of Camperdown, have held nearly all the pro-
perty from 1678 and earlier ; and Lundie churchyard is
still their burying-place. This parish, since 1618, has
formed one charge with the contiguous parish of FowLis-
Easter in Perthshire. It is in the presbytery of
Dundee and the synod of Angus and Mearns ; the living
is worth £238. A building of considerable antiquity,
Lundie church was well repaired about the year 1847,
and contains 300 sittings. A public school, with accom-
modation for 108 children, had (1882) an average attend-
ance of 57, and a grant of £43, 6s. Valuation (1857)
£3005, (1884) £4311, 19s. Pop. (1831) 456, (1861) 442,
(1871) 400, (1881) 317 ; of united parish (1801) 693, (1831)
778, (1871) 691, (1881) 628.— Orel. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Lundie, Loch, a lake in Golspie parish, Sutherland,
2^ miles W of Golspie village. Lying 556 feet above
sea-level, it has an utmost length and breadth of 7 and
IJ furlongs, sends off Culmailie Burn to the sea, and on
the N is overhung by Ben Lundie (1464 feet). — Ord.
Sur., sh. 103, 1876.
Lundin and Lundin Mill. See Laego.
Lundin Links, a railway station on the S coast of Fife,
1 mile WSW of Lower Largo.
Lunga, an island of Jura parish, Argyllshire, on the
"\V side of Scarba Sound. It extends li mile from N to
S ; has a maximum breadth of 1 mile ; is separated by
a very narrow strait at its S end from Scarba island ;
and consists of an irregular hilly ridge, rising mostly to
a height of loss than 500 feet above sea-level, but lifting
summits to a height of nearly 1000 feet. Everywhere
uneven, and mostly rocky and bare, with patches of bog
and heath, it is scarcely anywhere capable of even spade
culture ; trends down, on most of its W side, in steep
naked declivities ; consists of quartzite, clay slate, and
other schistose rocks, traversed by numerous trap veins ;
and commands, from many points on its shoulders and
summits, extensive, impressive, and diversified views.
The narrow strait separating it from Scarba is obstructed
on the E by a rocky islet, and has a tumbling, impetuous,
tidal current, quite as violent and grandly scenic as that
of the far more celebrated Corrievrechan between Scarba
and Jura. Pop. (1871) 5, (1881) 17.
Lunna, a coast village in the Lunasting portion of Nest-
ing parish, Shetland, 9 miles NE of Voe and 25 N of Ler-
wick. The headland of Lunna Ness terminates 5 miles to
the NE ; and J mile further is the little islet of Lunna
Holm. Lunna Firth, washing the W side of the head-
land, penetrates 7 J miles southward and south-westward
in three ramifications, sej)arates the headland and the
adjacent parts of the mainland from the S coast of Yell
island, strikes north-westward into junction with Yell
Sound, contains numerous islands and islets, and is ex-
cellent fishing-ground.
Limnasting. See Lunasting.
Lurgain, Loch. See Lochbroom.
Lurgie Craigs. See Hume.
Luscar House, a handsome Tudor mansion {circa
1839) in Carnock parish, Fife, 3J miles WNW of Dun-
fermline. Its owner, Mrs Hastie, holds 1590 acres in
the shire, valued at £2501 per annum. — Ord. Sur., sh.
40, 1867.
Luss, a village and a parish of Dumbartonshire. The
village stands just S of the mouth of Glonluss, on the
western shore of Loch Lomond, at the SE base of Bendhu
(2108 feet), 8 mUes SSE of Tarbet, 9 NNE of Helens-
burgh, and 12J NNW of Dumbarton. Occupj'ing a
charming site in front of three of the finest islands in
Loch Lomond, it mainly consisted, thirty years since, of
miserable huts, but then was mostly rebuilt ivith neat
cottages on a regular plan. It communicates with the
Loch Lomond steamers in their passages up and down
the lake ; is much frequented by anglers and by tourists ;
and has a post and telegraph ofiice, an hotel, a small
public library, and a fair on the third Tuesday of August.
Coleridge, Wordsworth, and his sister Dorothy passed
the night of 24 Aug. 1803 at the inn here ; and here on
29 Sept. 1875 the Queen changed horses, as she drove
from Inveraray to Balloch.
The parish had anciently other and much more
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extensive limits than now. The ' forty-pound lands '
of Buchanan, on the E side of Loch Lomond, were
detached from it in 1621, and annexed to Inchcailloch
(now Buchanan) ; the lands of four proprietors at the S
end of the lake were detached from it in 1659, and
annexed to Bonhill ; all the extensive territory along
the W side of the lake, to the N of Glendouglas and
around the head of the lake, now constituting the parish
of Arrochar, was detached from it in 1658 ; and, on the
other hand, the lands of Caldannach, Prestelloch, and
Conglens, which belonged to Inchcailloch parish, were
united to it in modern times. It now is bounded N by
Arrochar, E by a sinuous line among the islands of Loch
Lomond, separating it from Stirlingshire and Kilmaro-
nock, SE by Bonhill, S by Cardross and Row, and W
by Row and (for 3 furlongs) Loch Long. Its utmost
length, from NNW to SSiS, is 12^ miles ; its breadth
varies between 2 J and 5§ miles ; and its area is 28, 844 J
acres, of which IJ are foreshore and 4637 water. Inch-
lonaig, Inchoonnaohan, Inchtavannaoh, Inohgal-
BRAiTii, and two other islands of Loch Lomond, belong
to Luss, and are separately noticed. To Loch Lomond
Sow Douglas Water, formed by two head-streams
within J mile of Loch Long, and running 4| miles east-
by-southward to Inverbeg Inn, mainly along the Arrochar
border ; Luss Water, rising at an altitude of 1100 feet,
and curving 7J miles east-by-southward to Luss village ;
EiNLAS Water, rising at an altitude of 1800 feet, and
running 4 j miles south-eastward, eastward, and north-
by-eastward, to Rossdhu House ; and Fr.uiN Water,
winding 5^ miles eastward to the N of Arden House,
along the Row boundary and through the southern
interior. Nine-tenths of the parish are mountainous,
and offer such saliences of feature, such diversities of
contour, such labyrinths of glen, and such outlooks on
Loch Lomond, as to abound in grand and romantic
scenery. Chief elevations from S to N are *Benuchara
Muir (1028 feet), *Balcnock (2092), *Ben Tharsuinn
(2149), *Ben Ruisg (1939), Cruach Dubh (1154), *Ben
CH.iORACH (2338), *Ben Mhanarch (2328), Ben Eich
(2302), Bendhu (2108), and Doune HOI (2409), where
asterisks mark those summits that culminate on the con-
fines of the parish. The uplands, all the way between
the mouth of Glendouglas and the mouth of Glenluss —
a distance of 3 miles — press close on Loch Lomond ; and
thence to the southern boundary — a distance of 5h miles
— they recede somewhat gradually from the shore till
they leave a lowland tract of about 2J miles from E to
W along the course of Fruin Water. The low grounds,
all southward from Luss village, lie contiguous to Loch
Lomond ; consist partly of dead levels, partly of gentle
undulations, partly of braes or hill slopes ; are inter-
locked on one side with bays of the lake, on the other
side with spurs and recesses of the mountains ; display
vast profusion of wood and culture ; include Sir James
Colquhoun's mansion and park of Rossdhu ; and com-
bine, with their magnificent surroundings, to form a
series of exquisite landscapes. The predominant rock
of the mountains is clay slate, of the low grounds is Old
Red sandstone ; and both are quarried. The soil on the
mountains is mostly heathy or moorish ; in some hollows
or low tracts is moss ; on parts of the,low grounds ad-
jacent to Loch Lomond is either sand or gravel ; and on
other parts is fertile loam. The chief antiquities are a
large cairn IJ mile S of the village, traces of an ancient
fortification on Dunifin Hill, and sites of ancient chapels
at Rossdhu and in Glenluss. Haco of Norway, during
his invasion in 1263, worked great havoc in the parish.
Sir John Colquhouu, who became Lord High Chamber-
lain of Scotland in 1474, was a native, as also was his
descendant, the Rev. John Colquhouu, D.D. (1748-1827);
and the Rev. John Stuart, D.D. (1743-1821), translator
of the Scriptures into Gaelic, was minister. Rossdhu,
noticed separately, is the only mansion ; and Sir James
Colquhoun of that Ilk and Luss, Bart. , is the sole pro-
prietor. Luss is in the presbytery of Dumbarton and the
synod of Glasgow and Ayr ; the living is worth £318.
The parish church, built in 1771, contains 500 sittings.
There is also a Free church ; and Luss public and Muir-