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ELLAN-FADA.
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ELLON.
ELLAN-DUIRINISH. See Duikinish.
ELLAN-FADA, an island near the head of Loch-
Killieport, on the west side of South Knapdale,
Argyleshire. It affords shelter from the heavy
swells raised hy the south-west gales ; and there is
good anchorage for vessels on its lee side.
ELLAN-FINNAN. See Ardnamurchan.
ELLAN-FEEUCH, an islet in the Sound of Islay,
on which are the ruins of a castle.
ELLAN-GHEIRRIG. See Ellan-Dheirrig.
ELLAN-ISSA. See Issay Island.
ELLAN-MAREE. See Maree (Loch).
ELLAN-MORE, an uninhabited isle contiguous
to the northern coast of Coll, Argyleshire.
ELLAN-MORE, a pastoral isle, famous for the
quality of its pasture, off the west side of South
Knapdale, and within the southern mouth of the
Sound of Jura, Argyleshire. An ancient chapel
here, arched over and covered with flags, is in a
state of high preservation.
ELLANMUNDE, an ancient parish, now com-
prehended in the united parish of Lismore and
Appin, Argyleshire. The seat of the parish church
was an island, which is Ellanmunde proper, in
Loch-Leven, contiguous to the mouth of the river
Coe. The ruins of the church are still there. The
cemetery also continues there, and is still in use.
The founder of the original church was an abbot of
the name of Munde, who flourished about the mid-
dle of the tenth century. The parish of Ellan-
munde comprehended Glencoe, the adjacent parts of
Appin, and the districts of Mamore and Ouriah.
ELLAN-NA-COOMB, or Ellak-na-Naoimh, a
small island closely contiguous to the east coast of
the parish of Tongue, Sutherlandshire. Here was
formerly a chapel and a burial-place, the remains of
which are still visible. On the south side of the
island the sea, after passing for several yards
through a narrow channel, spouts up into the air,
sometimes to the height of thirty feet, through a
large circular hole in the rock; and a few seconds
afterwards there is a discharge of water from the
east side of the island, with a loud noise resembling
the detonation of cannon. This happens only when
it is half-flood, and a gale at north-west.
ELLAN-NA-GAMHNA, an isle, with excellent
pasture, in the parish of South Knapdale, Argyle-
shire.
ELLAN-NA-KELLY. See Shiant Isles.
ELLAN-NA-LEEK, an isle near the north-west
coast of the parish of South Knapdale. Argyleshire.
ELLAN-NA-MUICK, an isle off the west coast
of the parish of South Knapdale, Argyleshire.
ELLAN-NA-NAOIMH. See Ellan-na-Coomb.
ELLAN-NAN-CAORACH, an isle off the coast
of the parish of Kildalton, in Islay.
ELLAN-NAN-CON. See Laggan (Loch).
ELLAN-NAN-GOBHAR, an islet in Loch Ay-
lort, in the parish of Ardnamurchan, Argyleshire.
It is an abrupt irregular mass of micaceous schist
rock ; and it contains two vitrified forts within a
few yards of each other, — the one of an oblong
figure, and 140 paces in circumference, — the other
of a circular figure, and 90 paces in circumference.
ELLAN-NA-ROAN, or Seal Island, an inhabit-
ed island, of about 2 miles in circumference, .in the
parish of Tongue, Sutherlandshire. It lies -off the
east side of the entrance of the Kyle of Tongue.
" It has the appearance of two islands, particularly
at high water. Part of it is scooped out into the
form of a basin, in which the soil is very fertile.
Its rocks are high and precipitous, and to the north
side abound with deep narrow fissures, through
which the wind rushes with great violence. As
this wind, besides being sharp and piercing, is im-
pregnated with saline matter, from its blowing
across the ocean, or perhaps from carrying along
with it the spray which dashes from off the rocks
beneath, the natives take advantage thereof for
economical purposes. In these fissures they season
their fish without using salt. On this north side
also there is a spacious and elegant-looking arch,
about 150 feet span, and 70 feet broad. About the
middle of the island there is a large circular hole,
which has fallen in many years ago, and is supposed
to communicate with the sea by a subterranean
cavern." Population, 42. Houses, 7.
ELLAN-RORY-MHORE. See Maree (Loch).
ELLAN-SOOIN. See Maree (Loch).
ELLAN-USNICH, a small island in Loch Etive,
Argyleshire.
ELLAN-WIRREY. See Shiant Isles.
ELLAR. See Elgar.
ELLEN- A-BAICH, a village in the parish of Kil-
brandon, Argyleshire. Population, 311. Houses,
64. See Easdale.
ELLEN'S ISLE. See Katrine (Loch).
ELLERHOLM. See Shapikshay.
ELLIM. See Ellam.
ELLINOR (Port). See Port-Ellinor.
ELLINORTON, a village in the parish of Kirrie-
muir, Forfarshire. It was founded about 30 years
ago by Mr. Meason of Lindertis. Population about
120.
ELLIOCK, a hum and an estate in the parish of
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire. The burn runs about 3
miles northward to the Nith, at a point about 1J
mile below the town of Sanquhar. EUioek-house,
on Elliock burn, is notable as the birth-place of the
Admirable Crichton; and the apartment in which
he was born is watchfully preserved in its original
state. His father was an eminent advocate, and a
lord of session in the reigns of Mary and James
VI.; and soon after the birth of his distinguished
son, he sold Elliock estate to the Dalzells, after-
wards Earls of Carnwath, and removed to an estate
which he had acquired in the parish of Clunie, in
Perthshire, — a circumstance which has frequently
occasioned Clunie to be mistakenly named as the
place of the Admirable Crichton's nativity.
ELLIOTT (The), a rivulet in Forfarshire. It
rises in Deity moss, on the western verge of the
parish of Carmylie, and flows through that parish
to the south-eastward, dividing it into two nearly
equal parts, and receiving several small tributaries
in its course ; it next, over 1 J mile's distance, flows
eastward, forming the boundary-line between Car-
mylie and Arbirlot; and it then enters the latter
parish, cuts it from north-west to south-east into
parts of one-third and two-thirds, receives, about its
centre, the waters of Rotten-Raw burn flowing to it
from the west, and eventually falls into the German
ocean about 1J mile south-west of Arbroath. Its
whole course is about 8£ or 9 miles. Its banks
towards Guynd are naturally picturesque and ro-
mantic, and have been beautified by the pleasure-
grounds of the proprietor of the soil ; and, near its
confluence with the ocean, they are finely covered
with trees, and rise into an overhanging precipice
which is surmounted by the romantic-looking castle
of Kelly. •
ELLIOTSTON. See Castle-Semple (Loch).
ELLISLAND. See Dunscore.
ELLON, a district of Aberdeenshire. It com-
prises the central portion of the eastern region of
the county, and forms the southern part of Buchan.
It is bounded by the sea on the east ; by the north-
ern rim of the Craden basin on the north ; and by
the southern rim of the Ythan basin on the south-
west. Its length is about 18 miles ; and its breadth