Imperial gazeteer of Scotland, or, Dictionary of Scottish topography > Volume 1

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tendance at which was not reported; 130 private
schools, attended by 6,7G5 scholars; and 20 other
private schools, the attendance at which was not
reported.
Argyleshire was the scene of some of the great
early events which moulded both the political and the
ecclesiastical destinies of Scotland. See the articles
Dalriada and Iona, and the historical part of the
Introduction. It was much infested, in ancient
times, also, by the Norsemen and other predatory
intruders, and was, in consequence, the scene of
numerous battles and heroic achievements. The
deeds of Fingal and his heroes, too, — if we may re-
pose any confidence in the voice of tradition — were
mostly performed in this district; and numerous
monuments of the remotest antiquity still remain to
demonstrate the warlike spirit of its former inhabi-
tants. In the middle ages, the Macdougals of Lorn
held sway over Argyle and Mull; while the Mac-
donalds, Lords of the Isles, were supreme in Islay,
Kintyre, and the southern islands. These two
chiefs were almost independent thanes, until their
power was broken by the proceedings of James III.,
by the transference of Lorn through means of mar-
riage to the Stewart family, and by the erection of the
earldom of Argyle, in 1457, in favour of Campbell
of Lochawe. See the historical part of the article
Hebrides. The Campbells, under the able leading
of their line of distinguished chiefs, the " Maccal-
lum-More," soon got high ascendency, throughout
the county and beyond it, and thoroughly defeated
an insurrection of the Macdonalds in 1614 against
it, and have perfectly succeeded in maintaining it to
the present day, — insomuch that an enormous pre-
portion of the land is the property of Campbells,
while their two chief men, the descendants of Camp-
bell of Lochawe and Campbell of Glenorehy, the
Duke of Argyle and the Marquis of Breadalbane,
not only rule the county, but are among the most
powerful of the nobility of Britain. The dukedom
of Argyle was created in 1701 ; and the Duke of
Argyle is also Marquis of Lorn and Kintyre, Earl
of Campbell and Cowal, Viscount of Lochow and
Glenisla, and Baron Inverary, Mull, Morvern, and
Tiree, and also has two titles in the peerage of the
United Kingdom.
The antiquities of Argyleshire are many and
various. The chief ecclesiastical ones are those of
Iona, the priory of Oronsay, the priory of Ardchat-
tan, and the church of Kilmun. Some of the most
remarkable civil ones are Dunstaffnage castle, and
Dunelly castle, in Loch Etive, Kilchum castle at
the east end of Loch Awe, Artornish castle on the
sound of Mull, Mingarry castle in Ardnamurchan,
Dunoon castle on the east coast of Cowal, and
Skipnish castle in Kintyre. Old " duns " or Dan-
ish forts occur in different parts of the coast. Dru-
idical circles, more or less complete, are traceable in
some places. Among natural curiosities may be
named some singular caves in the parishes of Stra-
chur and Lochgoilhead, and the magnificent basaltic
colonnades of Ulva and Staffa,
ABIENAS (Loch), a small inland sheet of water
in the district of Morvern, Argyleshire. See Aline
(Loch).
ARINANGOUE, a village in the island of Coll,
Argyleshire. It stands about the middle of the
coast, and has a pretty safe harbour, with a pier.
The entrance of the harbour, however, is obstructed
with rocks. Population of the village, about 180.
AEINISKLE-FANK. See Kinloch-Ailart.
AKISAIG. See Arasaig.
AEITY. See Inverarity.
AEKEG. See Archaic.
AEKLE, an isolated, tapering, and picturesque
mountain, among the highlands of Edderachillis hi
Boss-shire.
AEMADALE, a post-town in the parish of Bath-
gate, Linlithgowshire, 2J miles west of Bathgate.
It has a station on the Bathgate and Airdiie rail-
way, an Established church, a Free church, an Epis-
copalian church, and a Wesleyan chapel. Popula-
tion in 1861, 2,504. Houses, 354.
AEMADALE-CASTLE, the seat of Lord Mac-
donald, about 1J mile from Ardarasan bay, in the
parish of Sleat, and island of Skye, Inverness-shire.
It is a modern Gothic oblong structure, with an oc-
tagonal tower on each side of the doorway, but com-
prises only a third of the original design of the
building; and it stands on a gentle slope, amid
wooded pleasure-grounds, and commands an exten-
sive view of the sublime and beauteous seaboard of
Glenelg, Knoydart, Morar, and Arasaig.
AEMlDALE, a rivulet, a bay, a fishing-village,
and a headland, on the coast of the parish of Farr,
to the west of Strathy, Sutherlandshire. The rivu-
let is only 4 or 5 miles long, but drains some of the
best land in the parish ; and the bay is one of the
safest landing-places on the north coast.
AENATE. See Moulds.
ARNCEOACH. See Carnbee.
AENGASK, a parish in the counties of Perth,
Kinross, and Fife. Its post-town is Kinross. It is
bounded by the parishes of Strathmiglo, Abernethy
Dron, Forgandenny, Forteviot, and Orwell. It has
a somewhat circular form, and is about 4 miles in
diameter. Its surface is wavingly and roundedly
hilly, lying among the Ochils, with summits of
from 600 to 800 feet above sea-level, varied and
pleasing in appearance, and commanding exten-
sive and beautiful prospects. The landowners who
have more than £50 a-year of land-value amount to
twenty-eight; and ten of them are resident. There
are two small villages, Damhead and Duncrivie;
and there are four corn-mills and a saw-mill. The
little river Farg and the road from Edinburgh to
Perth pass through the interior. See Glenfarg.
Population in 1831, 712; in 1861, 705. Houses,
161. Assessed property in 1865, £6,612 Is. 4d.
This paiish was in the presbytery of Perth, but
is now in that of Kinross, and in the synod of Fife.
Patrons, Burt and Wardlaw. Stipend, £178 19s.
lOd. with a manse and glebe. Schoolmaster's sal-
ary, £50, with about i)20 fees. The parish church
was built in 1806, and enlarged in 1821, and has
380 sittings. There is a Free church ; and the
yearly sum raised in connexion with it in 1865, was
£80 lis. There are also an endowed school, and
an adventure school. The original church of Arn-
gask was a chapel built for the accommodation of
the family of Balvaird and their dependants, and was
granted in 1282 to the Abbe}' of Cambuskenneth by
Gilbert de Frisley to whom the barony of Arngask
or Forgie belonged.
AENHALL. See Fettercairn.
AENIFOUL, a village in the parish of Glammis,
Forfarshire. Population, 73.
AENISDALE, a village in the parish of Glenelg,
Inverness-shire. It is situated on the side of Loch
Hourn, amid sublime scenery, about 13 miles south
of the village of Glenelg. A missionary of the
Eoyal Bounty preaches here every third Sabbath.
Population, about 600.
AENISH-POINT. See Stornoway.
AENISTON. See Temple and Borthwick.
AENOLD'S SEAT. See Tannadice.
AENOT. See Stow.
AENPEIOR, a village in the part of the parish
of Kippen which belongs to Perthshire. Population
96.