Gazetteer of Scotland

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<fhurch. The remains of Colonel
Gardiner, who fell in this battle, were
interred rathe W. end of the church.
Coal abounds in the parish, and is
wrought at 3 coaleries to a great ex-
tent. Freestone is abundant. Popu-
lation in 1801, 3046.
TRAPRENE LAW ; a small coni-
cal hill in East-Lothian, about a mile
and an half N. W. from the village
of Whittingham.
TRAQUAIR (more properly
Strathquair) ; a parish in the county
of Peebles, lying on the S. bank of
the Tweed, and watered by the river
Quair. It extends about 9 miles in
length, and from 4 to 5 in breadth,
containing 17,290 acres, of which a-
bout 4000 are arable. The surface is
rocky and mountainous; Minchmoor,
one of the hills, is elevated 2000 feet
above the sea level, and Gumscleugh
is at least 200 feet higher. The hills
in general afford excellent pasturage
for sheep, of which there are about
10,000 in the parish. The soil in the
low grounds is in general shallow and
stony, but tolerably fertile. The ri-
vers abound with trout and salmon.
The old mansion of Traquair, the re-
sidence of the branch of the Stewart
family who derive their title of Earl
from this parish, is delightfully situ-
ated on the banks of the Tweed ; and
on the side of the hill, overlooking the
lawn, is " the Bush aboon Traquair,"
pointed out by 5 solitary thorn trees,
where love and its attendant poetry-
had their origin. There is a quarry
of excellent slate ; and considerable
quantities of lead ore have been dis-
covered, though not in sufficient a-
bundance as to be adequate to the
expence of working. Not long since,
a specimen of galena lead ore was
found in a small stream which runs
into the Quain Population in 1801,
613.
TREISHNISH or TRESHUNISH
ISLES ; a cluster of small islands of
the Hebrides, belonging to Argyll-
shire, lying about 4. leagues W. of
the island of Mull. The' chief isles
are Cairnbulg and Little Cairnbulg ;
on both of which are the remains of
ancient castles. None of the Tfeish-
nish isles are inhabited.
TRINITY-GASK; a parish in
Perthshire, in Stratherne, composed of
the united parishes of Kinkel and
Wester-Gask. It stretches for se^
veral miles on both sides of the Erne,,'
the banks rising gradnally to the N.*.
and the rest of the parish being level
and fertile. The whole is arable ; but
1000 acres of improvable moor are
allowed to remain in a state of nature
The Erne often overflows its banks,
fertilizing the soil by the slime depo-
sited from its waters, but often doing
infinite damage to the crops, and car-
rying away many acres of the best
land at every inundation. Populatioa
in 1801, 769.
TRONDA; or TRONDRAY ; a
small island of Shetland, lying oppoi
site to the village of Scalloway. It is
about v,\ miles long* and 2 broad.
TROON ; a promontory in Ayr-
shire, projecting about a mile into
the Frith of Ciyde, between which
and Lady Isle, 2 miles distant, there is
a bay affording safe anchorage at all-
times of the tide.-
TROQUIRE, or TROQUEER; a
parish in the stewartry of Kirkcud-
bright, lying on the fiver Nith, oppo-
site the town of Dumfries, and con-
nected with it by a handsome bridge^-,
at the end of which is a considerable
village, named from its situation
Bridgend.- The parish is about 71;
miles long,- and 4\ broad, partly flatj
and partly hilly, containing 5625 acres^
of which 1450 are under tillage, 062.9
arable,- but laid out in pasture, and
550 covered with wood; The arable
soil is various ; but in general light
and fertile* The state of agriculture
is so much improved, that it is stated*
on the best grounds, that in 1790,
the rental had increased to' rive times
the rental of 1752. Lying in the*
neighbourhood of the flourishing tows
of Dumfries, many gentlemen have
erected elegant residences in the pa-*-
rish. The road from Dumfries to*
Portpatrick passes though it,- Popu-
lation in 18-01, 2774.
TROSACHS ; certain rugged anci
stupendous masses in Perthshire, a-
bout 10 miles W. from Callander.-
The scenery amongst them is exceed-
ingly wild and romantic ; rugged
rocks surround the road on every side*
and render it truly wild to the eye of
the traveller. The following is the
description from the elegant pen of
the Rev. Dr. James Robertson of Cal-
lander, which is allowed to be fa*