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Tiy the stream, and situated ahove the village of j
Cumnock, commands an exquisite view over a con- |
siderable extent of the picturesque and romantic
hanks. The rivulet, at its junction with the Ayr,
seems equal to it in volume of water. Hence Burns'
epithet, of ' statelv Lugar.'
LUGGATE (The), a rivulet of the parish of
Stow, Edinburghshire. It rises in two small head-
waters on the north and the south sides of the Sole, in
the south-west extremity of the parish, close on the
boundary with Peebles-shire ; and running first 3J
miles eastward, and next 3} miles south-eastward,
falls into Gala water at Haugh-head, a mile below
the village of Stow. It is throughout a cold moun-
tain-stream, fed by many chilly naked little rills, and
subject to sudden and turbulent overflowings.
LUGGIE (The), a rivulet of Lanarkshire, and the
detached part of Dumbartonshire. Issuing from a small
lake on the boundary between the counties near the
south-east extremity of the parish of Cumbernauld,
it runs 6} miles westward along the boundary, aug-
mented in its progress by four or five feeders from
Lanarkshire. Assuming now a direction a little
north of west, it flows 3J miles along the interior of
the parish of Kirkintilloch ; and then debouching,
runs a mile northward, beneath an aqueduct of the
Forth and Clyde canal, and past the town of Kirk-
intilloch, to the Kelvin. Excepting for a brief space
in the parish of Kirkintilloch, where it blushes into
beauty, it is a dull uninteresting stream, sluggish in
its motion, and ditch-like in its banks.
LUGGIE (The), a rivulet of Linlithgowshire,
of brief course under its proper name, but formed of
two considerable head- waters. Its farthest source is
Bog water. This rises in the parish of Bathgate,
11 mile north-east of the town ; makes a cireuit of
6 miles round the south, when, running in a north-
erly direction, it passes the west side of the town ;
and now flowing deviously 1J mile farther, takes
the name of Ballencrietf- water ; and, under this
name, it runs H mile north-westward on the boun-
dary between Torphichen and Bathgate to the point
where it contributes to form the Luggie. Barbauch-
law, the other head-stream, rises in Lanarkshire ;
and, excepting brief sinuosities, and a mile of due
northerly course immediately before joining the Bal-
lencrieff, moves uniformly toward the north-east.
After flowing 2| miles in Lanarkshire, it runs for 3
furlongs into Torphichen, then describes for 2 miles
the boundary between that parish and Lanarkshire,
and then, over 3| miles to its termination, divides
Torphichen from Bathgate. The united stream of
the two head-waters, now strictly the Luggie, com-
mences half-a-mile north of Bridge-castle, and has a
course of less than a mile north-eastward to the
Avon not far from Crawhill. Its length, to the head
of Bog water, is 10 miles, and to the head of Bar-
bauchlaw-burn 10^.
LUGTON (The), a rivulet partly of Renfrew-
shire, but principally of Cunningham in Ayrshire.
Excepting very numerous but not large curvatures,
and li mile of westerly course immediately above its
termination, its uniform direction is south-west. It
rises half-a-mile north of Loch-Libo, in the parish of
Nielston, Renfrewshire, and, after traversing that
lake, and making a distance from it of li mile, it
enters Ayrshire, divides Beith and Kilwinning on its
right bank from Dunlop, and Irvine on its left, and
tails into the Garnock 2 miles from the town of Ir-
vine, and the same distance, in a straight line, from
Irvine harbour. For a mile above its mouth it tra-
verses the richly-wooded pleasure-grounds of Eglin-
ton castle, and 2 of a mile above its mouth has that
princely mansion on its brink.
LI T GUT. See T.uggate.
LUI (The), a branch of the Dee descending from
Benmhuicdhu, through Glenlui, and the forest of
Mar, and joining the Dee on its northern side, about
3 miles below the linn of Dee.
LUINA (Loch), a name occasionally given to
Loch-Avich in Argyleshire. See Avich.
LUING, an island in the parish of Kilbrandon,
Argyleshire. It is 6| miles in length, and rarely
more than one in hreadth. It is separated on the
north from Seil by a strait scarcely 300 yards wide ;
and it thence extends due southward at a distance of
from li to 3A miles from the coast of Nether Lorn,
and the entrance of Loch-Melfort, with the islands
of Torsay and Shuna upon its east side. As grouped
with these two islands and with Seil, it exhibits an
extensive range of picturesque and pleasing scenery.
The surface is in general low, though never abso-
lutely flat, along the coasts and in the southern dis-
trict ; but, as it recedes northward, it rises into many
rocky eminences and cliffs, shows a slight tendency
toward the formation of two distinct ranges, and at-
tains an extreme altitude of between GOO and 700
feet. Clay slate forms at once the great mass of the
island, and the source of popular employment and
support. A large population is segregated here — as in
Seil — for the manufacture of roofing slates. The cul-
tivation of the soil is in an improved state on the low
grounds, the hollows, and the gentler declivities, and
has been warmly fostered by the pressure of popula-
tion. Mr. Raspe, who was employed by the pro-
prietors to survey some of the Western Islands, as-
serts that lead, zinc, and silver, have been found in
Luing ; but Dr. M'Culloch suggests doubts as to the
accuracy of his report.
LUING (Sound of), a strait along the west side
of the southern half of the cognominal island just
described. It measures 4 miles in length, and li in
mean breadth ; and divides Luing and Ardluingfrom
Scarba, Lunga, Ormsa, and one or two islets.
LUMPHANAN, a parish in Aberdeenshire,
hounded on the north by Tough ; on the east by
Kincardine-O'Neil ; on the south by Birse, from
which it is divided by the Dee; and on the west
by Coul. It extends from north to south about G
miles, and from east to west 6 miles. Houses 183.
Assessed property, in 1815, £1,690. Population, in
1801, 614; in 1831, 947. This parish consists of
low land surrounded by hills, the most considerable
of which are Mealmead and Craiglich, the latter of
which rises steeply for about a mile from the arable
land. The name of Lumphanan signifies 'thebarelittle
valley ;' but the low grounds are by no means bare
now; being well-cultivated and highly productive.
The soil varies from a deep loam to a thin sand, ac-
cording to the elevation from the low lands. In the
south-eastern part of the parish there is a consider-
able but shallow lake, susceptible of being drained,
and named Auchlossen : see that article. The
principal stream is the burn of Lumphanan, besides
which several other rivulets intersect the parish.
There are a few remains of ancient fortifications,
and some cairns, one of which, about a mile north
from the church, on the brow of a hill, is alleged to
be that of the usurper Macbeth, who, according to
tradition, was here slain by Macduff, in single com-
bat, as he fled northwards, and was buried under this
cairn, though Shakspeare makes Dunsinnan the
scene. Indeed several places lay claim to this 'ho-
nour;' but Lord Hailes, upon the authority of An-
drew Wynton, attributes the event to Lumphanan.
This parish is in the presbytery of Kincardine-O'-
Neil, and synod of Aberdeen. Patron, Sir John
Forbes, Bart. Stipend_£153 18s. 3d.; glebe £10.