Gazetteer of Scotland

; WIN
from the summit of which the E. and
W. seas are distinctly seen," though
each is at the distance of 40 miles.
. WIND-HEAD FELL ; a moun-
tain in the parish of Castletown, in
Roxburghshire, elevated 2000 feet a-
bove the level of the sea.
. W I N T O N ; a small village in
Haddingtonshire, in the parish of Pen-
caitland, which formerly gave title of
Earl to the family of Seton, attainted
in 1715.
WIRRAN ; one of the Grampians
of Angus-shire, in the parish of Leth-
cot, 7 miles N. of Brechin.
. WISP; a hill of considerable
height in the parish of Cavers, in Rox-
burghshire.
WISTOUN; a parish in Lanark-
shire, to which in 1772 that of Rober-
toun was united. The united parish
extends about 5 miles along the W.
bank of the Clyde, and is nearly equal-
ly extensive in the opposite direction.
The surface is hilly, the ground rising
from the banks of the Clyde to the
-eastern border, where the hill of Tin-
WRA
to forms the boundary. Two small
rivulets water the district. The pa-
rish contains 3 villages, viz. Rober-
toun, Wistoun,and Newtown of Wis-
toun each of which contains about
150 inhabitants. Here also is an ele-
gant seat of the Macqueens of Brax-
field, which was greatly improved
and ornamented by the late Lord
Justice Clerk. The great road from
Glasgow to Carlisle, by Moffat, pas-
ses through part of this parish. Po-
pulation of the united parish in 1801,
757.
WOODHAVEN; a small village*
in Fifeshire, seated on the river Tay,
opposite to Dundee, between which
there is a regular ferry. Woodhaven
is distant about 10 miles from Cupar,
and the same distance from St. An-
drews.
WRATH (CAPE); a dangerous
promontory of Sutherland, being the
N. W. corner of the Mainland of
Scotland. Latitude 58° 34' N. and
longitude 1° 40' W. of the meridian
of Edinburgh.
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Y
YARROW; a parish in Selkirk-
shire, about 18 miles in length,
and 16 at its greatest breadth. The
general appearance of the country is
mountainous, the prospect on all sides
being bounded by their towering sum-
mits, some of which are of great
height, particularly those called Black-
house Heights, which are elevated
3270 feet above the sea level. The
arable soil, which lies chiefly in the
vallies and the sides of the hills, is
various in its quality, but in general
not well adapted for culture: indeed,
the chief branch of husbandry is the
rearing of sheep, of which there are
upwards of 55,000 in the parish.
This district, like the other parts of
Etterick forest, is now almost denud-
ed of wood, except some small clumps
of planting on the estates of the Duke
Vof Euccleugh, and a considerable ex-
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tent of natural wood around the once
beautiful, but now ruinous seat of the
Murray s of Philiphaugh. Between
this parish and that of Etterick are
two small lakes, the loch of the Lows
and St. Mary's loch, from which re-
spectively arise the rivers Etterick and
Yarrow. The great disadvantage of
the whole of this neighbourhood, is
the distance from coal and lime,
which is at least 30 miles. Mary
Scott, " the flower of Yarrow," so
highly celebrated in song, was a na-
tive of this parish : she is said to have
been a daughter of Mr. Scott of Dry-
hope, and was married to Mr. Scott
of Harden. From this union sprung
a daughter, almost as much celebra-
ted, who married the heir of Stobs*
commonly called " Gibby with his
golden garters," the ancestor of the
Elliots of Minto and Stobs. Through*