GIGHA, islet in Barra parish, Outer Hebrides.
GIGHT, ruined ancient castle in Fyvie parish, Aberdeeushire.
GIGHT, rivulet, rising a little south-east of Newbyth, and running about 8 miles southward to the Kelly, in Aberdeenshire.
GIGHTY, burn, running between Kinnell and Inverkeilor parishes to the Lunan, in Forfarshire.
GIGULUM, small island near Cara, to the south of Gigha, Argyleshire.
GILBERTFIELD, decayed mansion in Cambuslang parish, Lanarkshire.
GILCOMSTON, quoad sacra parish, with Established church and Free church, in Aberdeen. Pop. 12,616.
GILGAL. hamlet in Wamphray parish, Dumfriesshire.
GILKERSCLEUGH, seat in Crawfordjolm parish, Lanarkshire.
GILL, bay, 8^ miles south-east-by-south of Portpatrick, Wigtonshire.
GILL, reach of river Cree, traversing a narrow gorge between Wigtonshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.
GILL, burn, running between Walston and Libberton parishes to the Medwin, in Lanarkshire.
GILL, burn,tra versing ravine to the Forth, near Borrowstownness, Linlithgowshire.
GILLANDERS, cave in Golspie parish, Sutherland.
GILLEAN, island in Lochalsh parish, Ross-shire. Pop. 6.
GILLFOOT, seat near Crossford, Lanark-shii-e.
GILLIES, hill adjacent to Bannockburn battlefield, Stirlingshire.
GILLS, bay and village, 4 miles west-by-south of John-o'-Groats, Caithness.
GILMANSCLEUGH, place, 3 miles south-west of Ettrick-Bridge, Selkirkshire.
GILMERTON, town and quoad sacra parish in Edinburghshire. The town stands 4 miles by road south-south-east of Edinburgh ; has a post office under Edinburgh, a railway station, and a public school ; contains a curious artificial cave described by Pennycuick, and is near a very large colonnaded cavern, formed in old subterranean limestone quarry. Pop. of the town, 1082 ; of the quoad sacra parish, 1330.
GILMERTON, village in Fowlis- "Wester parish, Perthshire. It has a post office under Crieff.
GILMERTON, seat of Sir Alexander Kinloch, Bart., in Athelstaneford parish, Haddingtonshire.
GILMOUR'S LINN, cascade on Touch burn, in St. Ninian's parish, Stirlingshire.
GILMOURTON, public school, with about 72scholars,inAvondale parish, Lanarkshire.
GILNOCKIE, place on river Esk, 1| mile north of Canonbie village, Dumfriesshire. It has a railway station, and a public school ; and it contains the ruined strong-hold of the freebooter Johnnie Armstrong, whom James V. caused to be hanged at Caerlanrig.
GILP, sea-loch, about 1^ mile long, deflecting north-westward from Loch Fyne, at Ardrishaig, Argyleshire.
GILSAY, island in Harris Sound, Outer Hebrides.
GILSTON, village, 2J miles south-east of Ceres, Fife.
GIO, headland in extreme north of Shapinshay Island, Orkney.
GIRDLENESS, promontory at south side of mouth of river Dee, 2 miles south of Aberdeen. It is crowned by a lighthouse with two fixed lights, the one above the other, visible at the distance of 16 and 19 nautical miles.
GIRGANTY, seat in Stewarton parish, Ayrshire.
GIRLSTA, lake in Tingwall parish, Shetland.
GIRNIGOE, ruined ancient baronial castle near Noss-head, Wick parish, Caithness.
GIRTHGATE, special ancient road, still traceable, from Old Melrose in Roxburghshire to quondam famous hospital on Soutra Hill, in Haddingtonshire.
GIRTHHEAD, seat in Wamphray parish, Dumfriesshire.
GIRTHON, parish, containing most of Gatehouse town, in Kirkcudbrightshire. Its length is 18 miles ; its greatest breadth 7 miles ; its area 33,374 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 8939. Pop. 1415. About three-fourths of the surface are mostly bleak, heathy, and mountainous ; and the rest, chiefly in the south, is undulating and fertile, but mainly dis-posed in grazing cattle. Loch Grannoch and other lakes are in the north; and Gaily mansion adorns the south. The churches are Established and Free ; and there are 3 schools with accommodation for 311 scholars.
GIRVAN, river, town, and parish in Carrick, Ayrshire. The river issues from small lakes in Straiton parish, and runs about 25 miles windingly south-westward, along a pleasant vale, to Firth of Clyde nearly opposite Ailsa Craig. The town stands at the river's mouth, 21J miles south-south-west of Ayr ; dates from llth century, but never became more than a village till recent times ; is now a seaport, a seat of sheriff-courts, and a centre of country business ; consists chiefly of small houses occupied by weavers and other operatives ; and has a head post office with . all departments, 2 railway stations, 5 banking offices, 2 hotels, a public hall, 2 Established churches, Free, United Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic churches, a mechanics' institute, and 3 public schools. Pop. 4501. The parish measures 9 miles by 6, and comprises 14,580 acres. Real property in 1879-80, 24,144. Pop., quoad civilia, 5480; quoad sacra, 2827. The coast has an extent of fully 8 miles, and is bold and rocky over about one-third, and flat over the rest. The interior is mostly upland and pastoral in the south, and variously flat and undulating in the north. Chief seats are Glendoune and Ardmillan, and chief antiquities are vestiges of 5 camps. Six schools for 1307 scholars are in the parish, and 3 of them and an enlargement for 830 are new.
