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GARREL.

GARRION, bridge on. the Clyde near Dalserf, ravine traversed by a burn south-westward to vicinity of that bridge, and estate on left side of that ravine, in Lanarkshire.

GARRISON, a seat of the Earl of Glasgow, adjacent to Millport, Buteshire.

GARROCH, seat in Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

GARROCH, headland at southern extremity of But.e Island, Buteshire.

GARRON, headland flanking north side of Stonehaven Bay, Kincardineshire.

GARRY, lake and river in north of Perthshire. The lake lies among lofty rugged masses of the Grampians ; is about 4 miles long and Jmile broad ; and terminates at 14 miles west-by-north of Blair-Athole. The river gathers head-streams into the lake, runs from the lake's foot past Blair-Athole, curves through Pass of Killiecrankie to conflux with the Tummel, has a total length of about 30 miles, makes frequent cataracts and cascades, and, in times of freshet, is dreadfully furious.

GARRY, lake and river in north-west of Inverness-shire. The lake is formed by expansion of the river's lower reach, and measures 7 miles in length. The river issues from Loch Quoich. draws head-streams from points 5 or 6 miles beyond that lake's head, runs about 13 miles east-ward from Loch Quoich to Loch Oich at Invergarry, and traverses, over most of that distance, a picturesque mountain glen, called from it Glengarry.

GARRY, affluent of the Ordie, in Auchtergaven parish, Perthshire.

GARRY, headland, flanking west side of North Berwick Bay, Haddingtonshire.

GARRYNAHINE, place, with post office under Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.

GARSCADDEN, village in New Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire. Pop. 649.

GARSCUBE, village and mansion on Kelvin river, 5 miles north-west of Glasgow. Pop. of the village, with Netherton, 677. The mansion is the seat of Sir Archibald S. L. Campbell, Bart.

GARSON, headland in Stromness parish, Orkney.

GART, seat in Callander parish, Perthshire.

GARTCOSH, village, 1\ miles north-east of Glasgow. It has a post office under Glasgow, and a railway station. Pop. 356.

GARTCROW, small suburb of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

GARTFERRY, seat in Gadder parish, Lanarkshire.

GARTH, seat and ruined old fortalice in Fortingal parish, Perthshire.

GARTH, ruined ancient castle in vicinity of Moulin village, Perthshire.

GARTH, seat in Delting parish, Shetland.

GARTHLAND, seat in Lochwinnoch parish, Renfrewshire.

GARTHLAND, estate, with ancient tower, in Stoneykirk parish, "Wigtonshire.

GARTINQUEEN, lake in Cadder parish, Lanarkshire.

GARTLOCH, seat in Cadder parish, Lanarkshire.

GARTLY, parish, averagely 4 miles south-by-east of Huntly, and surrounded by Aberdeenshire, but belonging partly to Banffshire. It has a post office designated of Aberdeenshire, and a railway station. Its length is about 12 miles ; its breadth about 4|- miles ; its area about 33 square miles. Keal property in 1880-81, 3691 and 2560. Pop. 890. The Aberdeenshire section is called the Braes ; the Banffshire section is called the Barony ; and they are divided from each other by the Bogie. Extensive moors and heathy hills are at both ends, and a beautiful diversity of hill and dale is in the middle. Gartly Castle is a ruined old seat of the Gordons, and was visited by Queen Mary. The churches are Established and Free. There are 3 schools for 174 scholars, and 1 of them for 60 is new.

GARTMORE, village and quoad sacra parish on south-west verge of Perthshire. The village stands on peninsula between head-streams of the Forth, 10 miles west-by-north of Kippen, and has a post office under Stirling, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 80 scholars. Gartmore House is in its vicinity. Pop. of the parish, 375.

GARTMORN, hill and large deep reservoir in Alloa parish, Clackmannanshire.

GARTNAVEL, eminence, crowned by lunatic asylum, about a mile west of Botanic Garden, Glasgow. The asylum was erected in 1842 at a cost of more than 45,000.

GARTNESS, estate on Endrick river, 22 miles south-west-by-west of Stirling. It has a railway station, a post office under Glasgow, remains of the residence of the famous mathematician Napier, and a curious cataract on the Endrick.

GARTNEY.

GARTOCHARN, hamlet in Kilmaronock parish, Dumbartonshire.

GARTSHERRIE, railway station, iron-works, town, and quoad sacra parish in north of Lanarkshire. The station is about a mile west of that of Coatbridge. The iron-works are a little east of the station, and comprise 16 furnaces in two rows. The town is part of Coatbridge, and contains conspicuously on a small hill the steepled parochial church. Pop. of the parish, 9070.

GARTSHORE, estate in Kirkintilloch parish, Dumbartonshire.

GARTURK, quoad sacra parish in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire. Its post town is Coatbridge. The church was renovated in 1881. Pop. 4266.

GARTWHINEAN, village in Fossaway parish, Perthshire.

GARTY (EASTER and WESTER), places in Loth parish, Sutherland.

GARVALD, village and parish in Had-N dingtonshire. The village stands 5J miles south-east of Haddington, and has a post office under Prestonkirk, Established and Free churches, and a public school with school about 133 scholars. Pop. 239. The parish measures 7f miles by 4, and com-prises 13,442 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 9920. Pop. 758. About one-fourth of the surface, forming the northern section, is rich arable land; and all the rest is part of the Lammermoors, mostly covered with heath. The seats are Nunraw and Hopes ; and the chief antiquities are a large circular camp and ruins of Whitecastle.


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