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ARDENCONNEL, seat in Row parish, Dumbartonshire.

ARDENTINNY, village on Loch Long, 5 miles north of Strone, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Greenock, a hotel, and a quoad sacra parish church for a pop. of 203 ; and it figures in a well-known song of Tannahill.

ARDENTRIVE, bay in Kerrera Island, opposite Oban, Argyleshire. Measures were projected in 1880 for erecting on it villas or a village, building a pier, and instituting a steam ferry to Oban.

ARDEONAIG, village on Loch Tay, 8 miles north-east of Killin, Perthshire. It has an inn, a Free church, and a public school.

ARDERSIER, parish on Moray Firth and Highland Railway, in north-east corner of Inverness-shire. It contains Fort-George and most of Campbelton village, and has a post office of its own name, with money order and telegraph departments, under Fort-George Station. Acres, 3824. Real property in 1880-81, 4424. Pop. 2086. The shore is flat and sandy, and the interior rises, with various character, to a border hill about 200 feet high. The churches are Established, Free, and United Presbyterian ; and there are 2 public schools with about 293 scholars.

ARDFERN, hamlet on upper part of Loch Craignish, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Lochgilphead.

ARDFINAIG, place at south-western extremity of Mull, opposite lona, Argyleshire.

ARDGARTEN, small low peninsula, with mansion, between Glencroe and Loch Long, Argyleshire.

ARDGAY, village, adjacent to Highland Railway, on northern verge of Ross-shire, near Bonar Bridge. It has a head post office with all departments, a commodious inn, and a public school.

ARDGOUR, district in Argyleshire, and quoad sacra parish, partly also in Inverness-shire. The district is a peninsula between Loch Eil and Loch Shiel, measures about 13 miles by 11, contains Ardgour House near Corran Ferry, and has a post office of its own name, with money order and telegraph departments, under Fort-William. The parish is called Ballachulish and Ardgour. Pop. 749.

ARDGOWAN, seat of Sir Michael R. S. Stewart, Bart., near Innerkip, Renfrewshire.

ARDGREENAN, seat in Tongland parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

ARDHULLARY, seat and two mountains on east side of Loch Lubnaig, Perthshire.

ARDINCAPLE, a seat of Sir James Colquhoun, Bart., formerly jointure-house of the Dowager-Duchess of Argyle, adjacent to Gareloch, in vicinity of Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire.

ARDINCAPLE, seat on Seil Island, Argyleshire.

ARDINNING, small lake in Strathblane parish, Stirlingshire.

ARDKENNETH, place, with Roman Catholic chapel, in northern part of South Uist Island, Outer Hebrides.

ARDKINGLASS, seat and vestiges of ancient castle on upper part of Loch Fyne, near foot of Glenkinglass, Argyleshire.

ARDLAIR, place on north side, near foot of Loch Maree, Ross-shire.

ARDLAMONT, headland, seat, and public school between Kyles of Bute and mouth of Loch Fyne, Argyleshire.

ARDLE, rivulet of Strathardle, running 13 miles south-south-eastward to the Ericht, in Perthshire.

ARDLER, railway station, 18J miles north-east of Perth.

ARDLISH, seat on east side of upper part of Loch Lomond.

ARDLUI, steamboat station, seat, and public school, at head of Loch Lomond.

ARDLUSSA, seat and streamlet in Jura Island, Argyleshire.

ARDMADDY, a seat of the Earl of Breadalbane on the coast, 10 miles south-south-west of Oban, Argyleshire.

ARDMARNOCH, seat on Loch Fyne, in Kilfman parish, Argyleshire.

ARDMATTY, fort on east side, upper part of Loch Etive, Argyleshire.

ARDMEANACH, large, broad-backed, hilly peninsula between Cromarty Firth and Moray Firth, Ross-shire.

ARDMELLIE, seat in Marnoch parish, Banffshire.

ARDMICHAEL, headland on west coast of South Uist Island, Outer Hebrides.

ARDMIDDLE, hill, and hamlet with public school, in west of Turriff parish, Aberdeenshire.

ARDMILE, headland on west coast of South Uist Island, Outer Hebrides.

ARDMILLAN, seat, 2J miles south-south-west of Girvan, Ayrshire.

ARDMINISH, bay and headland on east side of Gigha Island, Argyleshire.

ARDMORE, wooded peninsula, with seat, on Firth of Clyde, between Dumbarton and Helensburgh.

ARDMORE, bay, headland, and islets on east side of Islay Island, Argyleshire.

ARDMORE, headland and bay at northern extremity of Mull Island, Argyleshire.

ARDMORE, headland in Vaternish district, Isle of Skye.

ARDMORE, harbour in Eddertoun parish, Ross-shire.

ARDMUCKNISH, bay on north side of Loch Etive, immediately within that loch's mouth, Argyleshire.

ARDNACALLIOCH, promontory at east end of Ulva, Argyleshire.

ARDNACROSS, bay and estate, 6 miles north-east of Campbelton, Argyleshire.

ARDNAMURCHAN, hamlet, headland, and district, Argyleshire, and parish, partly also in Inverness-shire. The ham-let lies on the coast, 7 miles by water north-north-west of Tobermory, and has a post office, with money order department, under Fort-William, a parochial church with 600 sittings, and a Free church. The headland faces the Atlantic with salient point, 4 miles north-west of the hamlet ; exhibits a broad, bold, rugged appearance ; forms the most westerly ground on main-land of Scotland ; and is crowned with a lighthouse showing a fixed light visible at the distance of 18 nautical miles. The district is a peninsula, extending eastward from the headland; measures about 16 miles in length and about 4J miles in mean breadth ; consists chiefly of very diversified hills, rising nowhere higher than 1759 feet ; and includes considerable skirts and inter-spersions of good arable land. The parish comprises also Sunart district in Argyleshire, and Moidart, Arasaig, and South Morar districts, together with Shona Island, in Inverness-shire. Its extreme length, by any road, is about 70 miles, its extreme breadth about 40 miles, Eeal property in 1880-81 of the Argyleshire part, 10,372; of the Inverness-shire part,9512. Pop. of the whole, quoad civilia, 4091 ; quoad sacra, 2234. There are 9 schools for 506 scholars, and 5 of them, for 249, are new.


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