FEACHORY, upper reach of Erichkie river, Perthshire.
FEA-DRUM, north end of hill-range, on mutual border of Sutherland and Caithness.
FEARN, parish, with church 7J miles west of Brechin, Forfarshire. It has a post office under Brechin. Its length is 5 miles ; its greatest breadth nearly 3^ miles ; its area 8792 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 5183. Pop. 316. About one-fourth of the surface is part of Strathmore, and the rest rises to a watershed of the Grampians. The public school has about 50 scholars.
FEARN, hamlet and parish on east coast of Ross. The hamlet lies 3J miles south-east of Tain, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Ross-shire, a railway station, a parochial church, a Free church, and a public school with about 180 scholars. The parochial church is a reconstructed part of an ancient abbey in early pointed architecture, adjoined by a part in state of ruin. The parish contains also Hilltown and Ballintore villages, and measures 2 miles in length and nearly 2 in breadth. Real property in 1880-81, 10,467. Pop. 2135. The coast is partly flat and sandy, partly bold and rocky; and the interior includes a few eminences, but is mostly low and nearly flat. Interesting objects are an ancient sculptured pillar, Lochslin Castle, and vestiges of CadboU Castle. There are 3 public schools, all new, for 378 scholars.
FECHLEY, mound, upwards of 60 feet high, engirt l/y wide deep fosse, and crowned by vitrified remains of a tower, in Towie parish, Aberdeenshire.
FEDERATE, ruined ancient fortalice in New Deer parish, Aberdeenshire.
FELL, small lake in Mochrum parish, Wigtonshire.
FENDER, burn, running 5 miles from Benygloe to lower part of the Tilt, in Athole, Perthshire. It makes three picturesque cascades.
FENDER-BRIDGE, hamlet on Fender burn, Perthshire. It has a post office under Blair-Athole.
FENDOCH, Roman camp in Monzie parish, Perthshire.
FENELLA, isolated lofty hill-ridge in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire.
FENELLA'S, ruined ancient castle, said to have been the place where King Kenneth in. was murdered, about a mile west of Fettercairn, Kincardineshire.
FENTON, village in Dirleton parish, Haddington shire.
FENTONBARNS, estate in Dirleton parish, Haddingtonshire.
FENWTCK, village and parish in Cunningham, Ayrshire. The village stands on a rivulet of its own name, 4 miles north-by-east of Kilmarnock, and has a post office with money order department under Kilmarnock, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school with about 97 scholars. The parish is about 9 miles long and 6 miles broad, and comprises 18,134 acres. Real property in 1879-80, 15,639. Pop. 1152. The surface slopes gently from boundary with Renfrewshire to the south-west, and lies averagely at considerable elevation above sea-level, but as seen from distant hill-tops appears all a plain ; and, at about middle of 17th century, was regarded as moorland, but is now, with small exception, either in tillage or in pasture. An interesting place in it is Lochgoin, very famous in the history of the Covenanters. There are 3 schools for 207 scholars, and 1 of them for 120 is new.
FENZIES, lake in Lethendy parish, Perthshire.
FEOCHAN.
FEOLINE, place on south coast of Jura Island, with ferry station to Islay, Argyleshire.
FEORLIG, farm, with large cairns, near head of Loch Roag, Isle of Skye.
FERDUN, stream, running southward to the Luther, Kincardineshire.
FERENEZE, hill-group from 2 to 5 miles south-west of Paisley, Renfrewshire. They include Gleniffer and Stanley Braes, have summits from 700 to about 900 feet high, and command rich, diversified, extensive views.
FERGUS, small lake in Ayr parish, Ayrshire.
FERGUSHILL, village and colliery in Kilwinning parish, Ayrshire. The village has a chapel-of-ease, erected in 1879, and a public school with about 268 scholars. Pop. 537.
FERGUSLIE, western suburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire. The estate on which it stands belonged to Paisley Abbey, was divided, and retains vestiges of an ancient baronial fortalice.
FERGUS (ST.), village and parish belonging to Banffshire, but situated about 17 miles east-south-east of nearest part of main body of that county. The village stands on the coast, 5 miles north-north-west of Peterhead,and has a post office under Peterhead, Established, Free, and Baptist churches, and a public school with about 147 scholars. Pop. 241. The parish contains also Inverugie village, and measures 5 miles in length, 3^ miles in greatest breadth, and 8856 acres in area. Real property in 1880-81, 8771. Pop. 1527. The coast is low and sandy; the sea-board is mainly an expanse of rich meadow or ' links ; ' and the interior is an alternation of fine rising grounds and vales. A chief object is the ruin of Inverugie Castle. 4 schools for 299 scholars are in the parish, and 3 of them for 270 are new.
FERGUS (ST.), ancient parish, now part of Halkirk, in Caithness.
FERGUSTON, place, with vestiges of Antoninus' Wall, in New Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire.
FERINTOSH, barony in eastern vicinity of Dingwall, Ross-shire. It belongs to Nairnshire, but lies 13 miles west of nearest part of main body of that county ; it comprises about 5973 acres ; it had, from 1746 till 1786, the privilege of distilling whisky from grain of its own growth free of duty ; and it has now a post office under Dingwall, and a public school with about 120 scholars.
