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GLENMAVIS, village in vicinity of New Monkland village, Lanarkshire.

GLENMEUBLE, long, deep, dismal glen, through centre of Arasaig district, Inverness-shire.

GLENMILL, place, with bleaching establishment, in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire.

GLENMILLAN, seat in Lumphanan parish, Aberdeenshire.

GLENMORE, winding alpine gorge, 9 miles long, traversed by public road, through centre of Mull Island, Argyleshire.

GLENMORE, small glen and bay on south side of Ardnamurchan promontory, Argyleshire.

GLENMORE, the larger of the two vales of Glenelg-proper, Inverness-shire.

GLENMORE, wild hill-vale, traversed by head-stream of Lugar rivulet, Ayrshire.

GLENMORE, vale, descending to Ettrick Bay, in Bute Island, Buteshire.

GLENMORE, vale between Rannoch and Fortingal, in Breadalbane, Perthshire.

GLENMORE, section of Portree parish, Isle of Skye.

GLENMORE-NAN-ALBIN.

GLENMORRISTON, mountain-glen, 12 miles long, traversed north-eastward by Morriston rivulet to Loch Ness at Inver-morriston, Inverness-shire. It has a post office, with money order department, designated of Inverness-shire, Established, Free, and Roman Catholic churches, and a public school.

GLENMUICK, parish, containing Ballater village, and comprehending the ancient parishes of Glenmuick, Glengairn, and Tullich, in Mar district, Aberdeenshire. Its length is 18 miles; its breadth 15 miles ; its area 87,341 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 12,814. Pop., quoad civilia, 2109; quoad sacra, 1648. The surface is intersected by the Dee ; extends southward to a watershed of the Grampians, and northward to a mountain watershed with Strath don ; and consists chiefly of vale, glens, hills, and mountains. The chief seats are Monaltrie and Birkhall ; and the chief antiquities are numerous cairns. Established and Free churches are in Ballater, and Established and Roman Catholic churches are in Glengairn. There are 5 schools for 455 scholars, and 3 of them for 345 are new.

GLENMUIR, wild moorland vale, be-tween Cairntable and Wardlaw Hill, on east verge of Kyle, Ayrshire.

GLENNEVIS, glen, 14 miles long, commencing 6 miles east of summit of Bennevis, making a semi-circular sweep round south base of that mountain, and terminating at Loch Eil, in vicinity of Fort-William, Inverness-shire. A new carriage drive in it, commanding views of its striking scenery, was formed in 1880.

GLENNOE, glen descending past north-east base of Bencruachan to Loch Etive, Argyleshire.

GLENNY, ravine and burn in Port-of-Menteith parish, Perthshire.

GLENNY, hill, with two cairns and re-mains of ancient Caledonian stone circle, in Abernyte parish, Perthshire.

GLENOCHIL, place near Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.

GLENOGLE, precipitous alpine gorge, flanked by stupendous crags, traversed by Callander and Oban Railway, and extending 3J miles north-north-westward from head of Loch Earn, Perthshire.

GLENOGLE, estate in Tannadice parish, Forfarshire.

GLENOIG, small glen in Glenprosen district, Forfarshire.

GLENORCHY, parish, containing Dalmally and Bunawe villages, in Lorn, Argyleshire. Its length is 25 miles ; its breadth from 5 to 20 miles. Real property in 1880-81, 14,301. Pop. 1105. The surface extends from head of Rannoch to head of Loch Long ; from sources of Orchy river to a line across Loch Awe, at 8 miles from its foot; and from the mountain range around Tyndrum to upper half of Loch Etive. The northern section includes Glenorchy-proper, Glenstrae, Bencruachan, and the mountain masses thence to head of Glenetive ; the eastern section consists of the braes, moors, and glens descending from the alpine water-shed with Perthshire and Dumbartonshire ; and the southern section comprises a fine strath around Dalmally, and the finest portions of the shores of Loch Awe, but is elsewhere chiefly hilly or moorish. Glenorchy-proper descends 15 miles south-south-westward in form of glen, and then goes 3 miles westward in form of strath ^ mile wide, to north-east horn of Loch Awe. The seats are Rockhill, New Inverawe, Inchdrynich, and Ardvrecknish ; and the chief antiquities are Kilchurn and Achallader Castles. The churches are 2 Established and 1 Free; and the public schools are 2, at respectively Dalmally and Cladich. Glenorchy gives the title of baron to the Earl of Breadalbane.

GLENORMISTON, seat on the Tweed, about a mile west-north-west of Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.

GLENPROSEN, district among the Grampians, 10 miles long and 4 miles, broad, belonging to Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire. It has a quoad sacra parish church for a pop. of 175, and a public school with about 34 scholars.

GLENQUAICH.

GLENQUHARGEN, naked, rocky, mural hill, 1657 feet high, overhanging Scarr river, in Penpont parish, Dumfriesshire.

GLENQUHARY, deep recess among mountains, famous as a hiding-place of the Covenanters, in Kirkconnel parish, Dumfriesshire.

GLENQUICKEN, moor, thought to have been a scene of battle between the Cale-tlonians and the Romans, in Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.


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