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GLENFIDDICH, vale of'Fiddich river, lianffsliire.

GLENFINLAS, alpine glen, once a royal hunting-ground, flanked by Benledi and Benawn, and descending 5 miles south-south-eastward to foot of Loch Achray, in Callander parish, Perthshire.

GLENFINLAS, glen, descending 4 miles to west side of Loch Lomond at 3 miles south of Luss, Dumbartonshire.

GLENFINNAN, glen, descending 4J miles south-westward to Loch Shiel, Inverness-shire. Its mouth, 16 miles west-north-west of Fort-William, was the place where Prince Charles Edward first raised his standard in 1745, and has a monument of him, a post office under Fort-William, an inn, and a small Roman Catholic church of 1873.

GLENFINNART, seat and glen on west side of Loch Long, adjacent to Ardentinny, Argyleshire.

GLENFINTAIG, two seats, house and lodge, on left side of Loch Lochy, Great Glen, Inverness-shire.

GLENFOOT, village in Abernethy parish, Perthshire.

GLENFORSA, glen of Forsa rivulet, Mull Island, Argyleshire.

GLENFRUIN, basin of Fruin rivulet, part glen and part vale, descending to west side of Loch Lomond at 4| miles south of Luss, Dumbartonshire. It was the scene of a sanguinary fight, in 1602, be-tween the Colquhouns and the Macgregors.

GLENFYNE, alpine glen, descending 6 miles south-south-westward to head of Loch Fyne, Argyleshire.

GLENGABBER, small glen, descending to Megget rivulet, on south border of Peeblesshire.

GLENGAIRN, glen, ancient parish, and quoad sacra parish, in south-west of Aberdeenshire. The glen commences among the Cairngorm Mountains, and descends 15 miles eastward and south-eastward to the Dee, at 1J mile above Ballater. The ancient parish lies around the lower part of the glen, and is annexed to Glenmuick. The quoad sacra parish comprises the ancient one, and small part of Crathie, and contains the post office of Bridge of Gairn, under Aberdeen, an old baronial fortalice, Established and Roman Catholic churches, and a public school with about 60 scholars. Pop. 454.

GLENGARNOCK, town on Garnock river, 3 miles north-by-east of Dairy, Ayrshire. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Ayrshire, extensive ironworks, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school with about 401 scholars. Pop. 870. Glengarnock Castle, in its vicinity, is a ruined ancient strong baronial fortalice.

GLENGARNOCK, village near Gleugarnock town, Ayrshire. Pop. 406.

GLENGARREL, ravine, traversed by Garvald rivulet, Dumfriesshire.

GLENGARRISSDALE, bay in north-west of Jura Island, Argyleshire.

GLENGARRY, glen and quoad sacra parish in Inverness-shire. The glen is partly occupied by Loch Garry, partly traversed by Garry rivulet ; has picturesque features of water, wood, and mountain ; and descends about 11 miles eastward to Invergarry, on Loch Oich, in Great Glen. The parish extends beyond the glen, includes Invergarry, and has Established and Roman Catholic churches, and 2 public schools with accommodation for 130 scholars. Pop. 627.

GLENGARRY, glen, traversed by Garry river, Perthshire.

GLENGLASS, place, with public school, in Alness parish, Ross-shire.

GLENGLOY, deep mountain-glen, descending 7 miles to left side of Loch Lochy, Great Glen, Inverness-shire. It has, at 1278 feet above sea-level, a terrace seeming to be the margin of an ancient lake.

GLENGOLIE, sequestered glen in south of Durness parish, Sutherland.

GLENGONAR, rivulet and hill-vale, descending from vicinity of Leadhills to the Clyde, in vicinity of Abington, Lanarkshire.

GLENGYLE, mountain-glen, descending 4 miles south-eastward to Loch Katrine, on mutual boundary of Perthshire and Stirlingshire. It has wild torrents in times of rain, and contains a ruined castle.

GLENHALMIDEL, winding glen, with slate quarry, in north of Arran Island, Buteshire.

GLENHALTIN, glen, partly arable, in Snizort parish, Isle of Skye.

GLENHEAD, village in Lochwinnoch parish, Renfrewshire. It has a public school with about 44 scholars.

GLENHIGTON, small glen in Glenholm parish, Peeblesshire.

GLENHILL, shoulder of Criffel Mountain, crowned with columnar monument to Wellington and his army, near Newabbey, Kirkcudbrightshire.

GLENHINISTIL, glen in Snizort parish, Isle of Skye.

GLENHOLM, parish, united to Broughton, Peeblesshire. It is mostly a pastoral vale, nearly 7 miles long, with small lateral hill glens ; and it has a public school with about 35 scholars.

GLENHOWAN, hamlet in Caerlaverock parish, Dumfriesshire.

GLENIFFER, mural ravine and group of braes, forming part of Fereneze Hills, 2 miles south-west of Paisley, Renfrewshire. The braes figure in the history and songs of Tannahill ; have a monument to Hugh Macdonald, a handsome drinking-fountain, erected in 1877 ; and contain a large reservoir of Paisley waterworks, begun to be formed in October 1879.

GLENIGAG, glen in extreme west of Contin parish, Ross-shire.


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