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MABLEE LOCH
interest, of an ecclesiastical nature, is attaclied to tlie
church of Markinch. In the 10th century it was con-
veyed by Maldrumus, Bishop of St Andrews, to the
Culdees of Lochleven. The men of Markinch, it has
been shown from the Kirk Session Records, were warmly
attached to the Covenanting cause, in defence of which
they spent ' lives, land, and gear.' Seven public schools,
with total accommodation for 1061 children, had (1883)
an average attendance of 856, and grants amounting
to £736, 3s. 7d. Valuation (1860) £23,047, (1884)
£30,206, 5s. 5d. Pop. (1801) 3130, (1831) 4967, (1861)
5375, (1871) 5413, (1881)5863.— Ort?. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.
Majlee Loch. See Deumellie.
Marlefield. See Eckfoed.
Mar Lodge, a deer-stalking lodge of the Earl of Fife,
in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire,
near the S bank of the Dee, 3 miles WSW of Castleton.
It is picturesquely seated on the steep wooded side of
the Eagle's Craig, 1250 feet above sea-level, and is the
highest inhabited gentleman's seat in Great Britain. A
rambling sti'ucture, between a Swiss chalet and an
Indian bungalow, it once was simply a keeper's lodge,
but has been added to from time to time, till now the
series of buildings can hold above 100 visitors and
retainers. In Sept. 1881 the princely hospitality of the
Earl entertained that number to do honour to the
Prince of Wales ; and on 10 Sept. 1852 the Queen and
Pi'ince Albert were present here at an open-air torch-
light ball. See Duff House.— Ord. Sur., sh. 65, 1870.
Mamoch, a parish of NE Banffshire, with a post
office (Bridge of Marnoch), 8 J miles NNE of its post-
town, Huntly, and 2 SSW of Aeerohikdee. Contain-
ing also that thriving village, it is bounded N by
Boyndie and Banff, NE by Alvah, E by Forglen, SE by
Turriff in Aberdeenshire, S by Inverkeithny and Rothie-
may, W by Rothiemay and Grange, and NW by Ordi-
quhill. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 6J miles ;
its utmost breadth, from N to S, is 5J miles ; and its
area is 14,954 acres. The Deveeox, here spanned by
the two-arch Bridge of Marnoch (1806), winds 9g miles
eastward along all the southern and south-eastern
boundary, though the point where it first touches and
that where it quits the parish are only 5J miles distant ;
and Crombie, Auchintoul, and other burns rise in the
N, and flow to it southward across the interior. Along
the Deveron the surface declines to 190 feet above sea-
level ; and thence it rises to 600 feet at Clunie Hill, 851
at Catstone Hill, 767 at *MeikIe Brown Hill, 890 at
*Wether Hill, and 740 at Gallow Hill, where asterisks
mark those summits that culminate on the western and
north-western confines of the parish. Granite is the
predominant I'ock, and has been largely quarried. Lime-
stone also occurs, and was at one time worked. The
soil is variously alluvium, rich loam, clay, moss, and
humid moor. Kinairdt and Crombie Castles have been
noticed separately. Mansions are Ardmellie, Auchin-
toul, Cluny, Culvie, and Netherdale ; and 8 proprietors
hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 7 of
between £100 and £500. Giving off a portion to Ord
quoad sacra parish, Marnoch is in the presbytery of
Strathbogie and the synod of Moray ; the living is
worth £351. The parish church, on a rising-ground
near the left bank of the Deveron, a little NW of the
Bridge of Marnoch, was built in 1792, and is a plain
barn-like edifice, containing 837 sittings. It stood in
the midst of a Caledonian stone-circle, two large stones
only of which remain ; and in the churchyard are a por-
tion of its ancient predecessor and the finely-sculptured
monument of George Meldrum of Crombie (1616-92),
Episcopal minister of Glass. The successive presenta-
tion of Mr J. Edwards in 1837 and of Mr D. Henry in
183S gave rise to one of the stiffest Disruption contests
under the Veto Act ; and led to the erection at Aber-
chirder of New Marnoch Free church, which, costing
over £2000, contains 1000 sittings. Other places of
worship are noticed under Abeechirder ; and Aber-
chirder Episcopal and four public schools — Aberchirder,
Blacklaw, Marnoch, and Netherdale — with respective
accommodation for 75, 400, 78, 120, and 60 children,
8
MARYCULTER
had (1883) an average attendance of 75, 210, 73, 124,
and 42, and grants of £59, 8s., £183, 15s., £67, 17s. 6d.,
£110, 19s., and £39, 19s. Valuation (1865) £10,101,
(1882) £18,350. Pop. (1801) 1687, (1831) 2426, (1861)
3289, (1871) 3294, (1881) 3230, of whom 3141 were in
the ecclesiastical parish. — Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876.
Marnook. See Ixohiiarnook.
Maronnan. See Kilmaronook.
Marr. See Mar.
Marr or Mar Bum, Dumfriesshire. See Maar.
Marrel. See Helmsdale.
Marshadder, a village in the NW of the Isle of Skye,
Inverness - shire. Its post - town is Kilmuir, under
Portree.
Mar's Hill. See Alloa.
Martin. See Isle-Martik,
Martnaham, Loch, a lake on the mutual border of
Coylton and Dalrymple parishes, Ayrshire, 4| mUes SE
of Ayr. Lying 290 feet above sea-level, it has an
utmost length and breadth of 1^^ and J mile ; contains
a wooded islet, with ivy-clad ruins of an ancient manor-
house ; abounds in pike and perch, with a few trout ;
is frequented by wild geese, wild ducks, teals, and
widgeons ; receives two streamlets, one of them from
Lochs Fergus and Snipe to the NW ; and sends off a
third 3 miles south-westward to the river Doon near
Dabymple church. — Ord. Sur., sh. 14, 1863.
Marwick Head. See Birsay.
Maryburgh, a small village in Cleish parish, Kinross-
shire, 4 miles S by E of Kinross.
Maryburgh, a village on the mutual border of Fod-
derty and Dingwall parishes, Ross-shire, on the left bank
of the river Conon, where it opens into the Cromarty
Firth, IJ mile S by W of Dingwall town, and IJ N of
Conon station. It is a modern place, inhabited chiefly
by crofters and mechanics ; and has a post ofiice under
Dingwall, a Free church, and a public school. Pop.
(1841) 403, (1861) 503, (18S1) 420, of whom 7 were in
Dingwall parish.— 0;t?. Sur., sh. 83, 1881.
Maryburgh. See AVilliam, Fort.
Maryculter, a parish, with a hamlet of the same name,
in the NW of Kincardineshire, bordering on the Dee.
It is bounded E by Banchory-Devenick parish, S by
Fetteresso parish, SW by Durris parish, and NW by
Aberdeenshire. Except for ^ mile upward from the mouth,
of the Crynoch Burn, where the parish of Peterculter
crosses to the S bank of the river, and for g mile below
the mouth of the burn, where Maryculter crosses to the
N side — the line in both eases following an old channel
— the boundary along the whole of the NW side is
formed by the Dee, which has here a course, inclusive
of these portions, of 6 miles. Elsewhere the line is
artificial. The greatest length of the parish, from the Dee
at Ardo House (Bauchory-Devenick) on the extreme NE,
to the SW corner, 5 furlongs beyond Muirskie, is 5|
miles ; the average width about 2J miles, and the area
7923-356 acres, of which 142-603 are water. The
surface slopes upwards from the Dee, reaching a height
of 545 feet near the SE corner, and 558 at Berry Top,
near the centre of the S side. Some small haughs lie
along the banks of the river, but the rest of the surface
is uneven and rocky. The soil on the side of the river
is naturally thin and sandy, but in the central districts
it becomes deeper, and is in many cases a good black
loam on a clay bottom. On the S and SE there is much
damp pasture and moss lying on a subsoil of clay. The
imderlying rocks are granite and gneiss. Of the land
area about half is under tillage, and some 900 acres are
under wood, while the rest is pasture land or waste.
The drainage of the parish is effected by three burns, in
the E, centre, and AV of the parish, all flowing to the
Dee ; the chief is Crynoch or Maryculter Burn, in the
centre. The Dee did great damage during a flood in
1768, and again in the more famous one of 1829, when
the river rose from 13 to 16 feet above its ordinary
level. The parish takes its name from its having been
a chapelry in the lands of Culter (Gael. Oul-tir, ' the
back-lying land ') dedicated to St Mary, and dependent
on the church of St Peter Culter, now Peterculter. The
interest, of an ecclesiastical nature, is attaclied to tlie
church of Markinch. In the 10th century it was con-
veyed by Maldrumus, Bishop of St Andrews, to the
Culdees of Lochleven. The men of Markinch, it has
been shown from the Kirk Session Records, were warmly
attached to the Covenanting cause, in defence of which
they spent ' lives, land, and gear.' Seven public schools,
with total accommodation for 1061 children, had (1883)
an average attendance of 856, and grants amounting
to £736, 3s. 7d. Valuation (1860) £23,047, (1884)
£30,206, 5s. 5d. Pop. (1801) 3130, (1831) 4967, (1861)
5375, (1871) 5413, (1881)5863.— Ort?. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.
Majlee Loch. See Deumellie.
Marlefield. See Eckfoed.
Mar Lodge, a deer-stalking lodge of the Earl of Fife,
in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire,
near the S bank of the Dee, 3 miles WSW of Castleton.
It is picturesquely seated on the steep wooded side of
the Eagle's Craig, 1250 feet above sea-level, and is the
highest inhabited gentleman's seat in Great Britain. A
rambling sti'ucture, between a Swiss chalet and an
Indian bungalow, it once was simply a keeper's lodge,
but has been added to from time to time, till now the
series of buildings can hold above 100 visitors and
retainers. In Sept. 1881 the princely hospitality of the
Earl entertained that number to do honour to the
Prince of Wales ; and on 10 Sept. 1852 the Queen and
Pi'ince Albert were present here at an open-air torch-
light ball. See Duff House.— Ord. Sur., sh. 65, 1870.
Mamoch, a parish of NE Banffshire, with a post
office (Bridge of Marnoch), 8 J miles NNE of its post-
town, Huntly, and 2 SSW of Aeerohikdee. Contain-
ing also that thriving village, it is bounded N by
Boyndie and Banff, NE by Alvah, E by Forglen, SE by
Turriff in Aberdeenshire, S by Inverkeithny and Rothie-
may, W by Rothiemay and Grange, and NW by Ordi-
quhill. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 6J miles ;
its utmost breadth, from N to S, is 5J miles ; and its
area is 14,954 acres. The Deveeox, here spanned by
the two-arch Bridge of Marnoch (1806), winds 9g miles
eastward along all the southern and south-eastern
boundary, though the point where it first touches and
that where it quits the parish are only 5J miles distant ;
and Crombie, Auchintoul, and other burns rise in the
N, and flow to it southward across the interior. Along
the Deveron the surface declines to 190 feet above sea-
level ; and thence it rises to 600 feet at Clunie Hill, 851
at Catstone Hill, 767 at *MeikIe Brown Hill, 890 at
*Wether Hill, and 740 at Gallow Hill, where asterisks
mark those summits that culminate on the western and
north-western confines of the parish. Granite is the
predominant I'ock, and has been largely quarried. Lime-
stone also occurs, and was at one time worked. The
soil is variously alluvium, rich loam, clay, moss, and
humid moor. Kinairdt and Crombie Castles have been
noticed separately. Mansions are Ardmellie, Auchin-
toul, Cluny, Culvie, and Netherdale ; and 8 proprietors
hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 7 of
between £100 and £500. Giving off a portion to Ord
quoad sacra parish, Marnoch is in the presbytery of
Strathbogie and the synod of Moray ; the living is
worth £351. The parish church, on a rising-ground
near the left bank of the Deveron, a little NW of the
Bridge of Marnoch, was built in 1792, and is a plain
barn-like edifice, containing 837 sittings. It stood in
the midst of a Caledonian stone-circle, two large stones
only of which remain ; and in the churchyard are a por-
tion of its ancient predecessor and the finely-sculptured
monument of George Meldrum of Crombie (1616-92),
Episcopal minister of Glass. The successive presenta-
tion of Mr J. Edwards in 1837 and of Mr D. Henry in
183S gave rise to one of the stiffest Disruption contests
under the Veto Act ; and led to the erection at Aber-
chirder of New Marnoch Free church, which, costing
over £2000, contains 1000 sittings. Other places of
worship are noticed under Abeechirder ; and Aber-
chirder Episcopal and four public schools — Aberchirder,
Blacklaw, Marnoch, and Netherdale — with respective
accommodation for 75, 400, 78, 120, and 60 children,
8
MARYCULTER
had (1883) an average attendance of 75, 210, 73, 124,
and 42, and grants of £59, 8s., £183, 15s., £67, 17s. 6d.,
£110, 19s., and £39, 19s. Valuation (1865) £10,101,
(1882) £18,350. Pop. (1801) 1687, (1831) 2426, (1861)
3289, (1871) 3294, (1881) 3230, of whom 3141 were in
the ecclesiastical parish. — Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876.
Marnook. See Ixohiiarnook.
Maronnan. See Kilmaronook.
Marr. See Mar.
Marr or Mar Bum, Dumfriesshire. See Maar.
Marrel. See Helmsdale.
Marshadder, a village in the NW of the Isle of Skye,
Inverness - shire. Its post - town is Kilmuir, under
Portree.
Mar's Hill. See Alloa.
Martin. See Isle-Martik,
Martnaham, Loch, a lake on the mutual border of
Coylton and Dalrymple parishes, Ayrshire, 4| mUes SE
of Ayr. Lying 290 feet above sea-level, it has an
utmost length and breadth of 1^^ and J mile ; contains
a wooded islet, with ivy-clad ruins of an ancient manor-
house ; abounds in pike and perch, with a few trout ;
is frequented by wild geese, wild ducks, teals, and
widgeons ; receives two streamlets, one of them from
Lochs Fergus and Snipe to the NW ; and sends off a
third 3 miles south-westward to the river Doon near
Dabymple church. — Ord. Sur., sh. 14, 1863.
Marwick Head. See Birsay.
Maryburgh, a small village in Cleish parish, Kinross-
shire, 4 miles S by E of Kinross.
Maryburgh, a village on the mutual border of Fod-
derty and Dingwall parishes, Ross-shire, on the left bank
of the river Conon, where it opens into the Cromarty
Firth, IJ mile S by W of Dingwall town, and IJ N of
Conon station. It is a modern place, inhabited chiefly
by crofters and mechanics ; and has a post ofiice under
Dingwall, a Free church, and a public school. Pop.
(1841) 403, (1861) 503, (18S1) 420, of whom 7 were in
Dingwall parish.— 0;t?. Sur., sh. 83, 1881.
Maryburgh. See AVilliam, Fort.
Maryculter, a parish, with a hamlet of the same name,
in the NW of Kincardineshire, bordering on the Dee.
It is bounded E by Banchory-Devenick parish, S by
Fetteresso parish, SW by Durris parish, and NW by
Aberdeenshire. Except for ^ mile upward from the mouth,
of the Crynoch Burn, where the parish of Peterculter
crosses to the S bank of the river, and for g mile below
the mouth of the burn, where Maryculter crosses to the
N side — the line in both eases following an old channel
— the boundary along the whole of the NW side is
formed by the Dee, which has here a course, inclusive
of these portions, of 6 miles. Elsewhere the line is
artificial. The greatest length of the parish, from the Dee
at Ardo House (Bauchory-Devenick) on the extreme NE,
to the SW corner, 5 furlongs beyond Muirskie, is 5|
miles ; the average width about 2J miles, and the area
7923-356 acres, of which 142-603 are water. The
surface slopes upwards from the Dee, reaching a height
of 545 feet near the SE corner, and 558 at Berry Top,
near the centre of the S side. Some small haughs lie
along the banks of the river, but the rest of the surface
is uneven and rocky. The soil on the side of the river
is naturally thin and sandy, but in the central districts
it becomes deeper, and is in many cases a good black
loam on a clay bottom. On the S and SE there is much
damp pasture and moss lying on a subsoil of clay. The
imderlying rocks are granite and gneiss. Of the land
area about half is under tillage, and some 900 acres are
under wood, while the rest is pasture land or waste.
The drainage of the parish is effected by three burns, in
the E, centre, and AV of the parish, all flowing to the
Dee ; the chief is Crynoch or Maryculter Burn, in the
centre. The Dee did great damage during a flood in
1768, and again in the more famous one of 1829, when
the river rose from 13 to 16 feet above its ordinary
level. The parish takes its name from its having been
a chapelry in the lands of Culter (Gael. Oul-tir, ' the
back-lying land ') dedicated to St Mary, and dependent
on the church of St Peter Culter, now Peterculter. The
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