Gazetteer of Scotland

TOF
<atso a considerable store of salt kept
here for supplying the busses and
boats during the fishing season. It
contains about 300 inhabitants.
TOFTINGALL (LOCH) ; a small
lake in the county of Caithness, and
parish of Wattin.-
TOMANTOULL. Vide Tamm-
TOUL.
TONDERGARTH or TUNDER-
GARTH ; a parish in Dumfries-shire,
about It miles in length,- and l% in
breadth, comprehending the declivity
of a range of hills which lie along the
river Milk. The surface in general is
level, at the same time possessing that
inequality which is supposed to con-
stitute picturesque beauty. In many
places it is cultivated, and in others
covered with heath, though suscepti-
ble of culture. There are several
woods, both natural and planted. A-
bout 4000 sheep are reared in the
pasture grounds. The chief seats are !
those of Mr. Johnstone of Grange, |
Mr. Brown of Westvvood,' and Mr. ;
Richardson of Pierceby-hill. The
©Id castle of Tondergarth, now in J
ruins, was formerly the. chief seat of j
the Mavquisses of Annandale. At its
Western border this parish takes in a !
part of the hill of Brunswark, famous
for two considerable encampments of .
a rectangular figure, ascribed to the :
Romans. Population in 1301, 48.5. I
TONGLAND or TONGUE- j
LAND ; a parish in the stewariry of j
Kirkcudbright, of a triangular figure,
8 miles long, and 4 broad at its north- j
ern extremity, gradually decreasing in '
breadth to its southern extremity, j
where the rivers Tarff'and Dee unite ; I
these rivers bounding it on the E. and j
"W. sides. The middle of the parish i
is occupied by a ridge of mountains j
tunning N. and S. On the banks of j
the rivers the surface is level, and the ■
soil a fertile loam ; in the N. end the
surface is rocky, interspersed with
many arable fields. There are about
1200. head of black cattle, and 790
sheep reared in the parish. Near the
church are the ruins of the priory of
Tongland, founded for the monks of
the Prsemonstratensian order, by Fer-
gus Lord of Galloway, in the 12th
Century. Cairns and the remains of
ancient encampments are frequently
£o be seen in this pariah. Poptdation
TOR
TONGUE ; a parish in the county
of Sutherland, on the N. coast of that
shire, about 1 1 miles long, and nearly
the same breadth ; of which, however,
only 714 acres are arable, the re-
mainder being pasture or waste lands.
The general appearance is hilly ; a-
ridge of high mountains passing nearly
thi ough the middle of the parish ; the
most remarkable of which are Knocks
Rheacadan, Ben-Laoghal, and Ben-
Hope, which form part of Lord
Re,jy's extensive deer forest, suppo-
sed to contain 2000 deer. The chief
lake is Loch Laoghal or Loyal, the
source. of the Torrisdale, which falls
into the sea near a village of the same
name. The coast is high and rocky,
indented by the bays of Tongue and
Torrisdale, and having the promonto-
ries of Whitenhead and Torrisdale
projecting a considerable way into
the sea. The rocks along the coast
are excavated into many caves ; the
largest of which, ua mor Fratsghill*
" the great cave of Fraisghill," is 20
feet wide at the entrance, and penc-
strates nearly half a mile under
ground. Ling, cod, haddocks, and,
skate abound on the coast. There
are several small islands, of which
Ealan nan Roan only is inhabited.
The live stock of the parish is esti-
mated as follows : of black cattle
2142, of horses 538, of sheep* 2846*
and of goats 714. There are several
cairns and circular buildings. On the
top of Ben-Laoghal are the remains of
an ancient building, called Ccusteil
nan DrttiJh, " the Druids castle ;"*
and, at a place called Melnoss are the
remains of a castle, the erection of
which is by tradition ascribeg! t»
Dornadilla King of Scots. On the
bay • of Tongue is the house of
Tongue, a beautiful seat of Lord
Pveay, who is sole proprietor of the
parish. Population in 1801,1348.
TORLEUM ; a mountain in Perth-
shire, in the parish of Monivaird, ele-
vated 1400 feet above the level of the
sea.
TOROGAY; one of the smaller
Hebrides, in the sound of Harris.
T O R O S A Y ; a parish of Argyll-
shire, in Mull, on the E. side of that
island, along the sound of Mull. It
extends 12 miles in length in every
direction, and the sea coast is indent-
ed by in^mereus small bays, which a£»