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GREYSTONE, place, with post office under Arbroath, Forfarshire.

GREYSTONELEES, estate in Ayton parish, Berwickshire.

GRIAM, lake in Lairg parish, Sutherland.

GRIBON, promontory on west side of Mull Island, Argyleshire. It contains the great cavern called Mackinnon's Cave ; presents to the sea a range of high cliffs ; and ascends in successive trap terraces to an altitude of nearly 2000 feet.

GRIBTON, seat in Holywood parish, Dumfriesshire.

GRICENESS, headland on east coast of Stronsay Island, Orkney.

GRIEF, skerry, 3 miles east of Whalsey, Shetland.

GRIESHERNISH, seat and sea-loch in Duirinish parish, Isle of Skye.

GRIMASHADER, sea-loch, 5 miles south of Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.

GRIMBISTER, islet in Firth Bay, on east side of Pomona, Orkney.

GRIME'S DYKE.

GRIMINISH, headland in north-west of North Uist, Outer Hebrides.

GRIMNESS, hamlet and headland on east side of South Ronaldshay, Orkney. The hamlet has a public school with about 66 scholars.

GRIMSAY, island, 3 miles long, be-tween North Uist and Benbecula, Outer Hebrides. It has' a post office under Lochmaddy. Pop. 292.

GRIMSAY, island in South Uist parish, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 28.

GRIMSHADIR.

GRIMTSTA, salmon streamlet in Uig parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

GRIOSAMUL,hill,1250 ft. high, near head of Loch Resort, in Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

GRITMOOR, mountain on mutual border of Castleton and Teviothead parishes, Roxburghshire.

GROAY, islet, 2 miles south-west of southern extremity of Harris, Outer Hebrides.

GROG, quondam lake in Cadder parish, Lanarkshire.

GROUGAR, hamlet in Kilmarnock parish, Ayrshire. It has a public school with about 71 scholars.

GROVE, seat in Kirkpatrick-Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

GRUBIT, hills in Morebattle parish, Roxburghshire.

GRUBMORE, place, with tower, on north-west side of Loch Naver, Sutherland.

GRUCULA, place said to have been fatal to one of Agricola's ships, on west coast of Shapinshay, Orkney.

GRUDIE, rivulet, running 8 miles north-ward to head of Kyle of Durness, Sutherland.

GRUDIE, rivulet, running about 6 miles northward to upper part of Loch Maree, Ross-shire.

GRUGAIG, rivulet, running to Dornoch Firth, in Eddertoun parish, Ross-shire.

GRUINARD, hamlet and sea-loch on north-west side of Islay Island, Argyleshire. The hamlet has a post office under Greenock ; and the loch strikes southward, and is about 4 miles long.

GRUINARD, Ross-shire.

GRUNA, small island, 1J mile north of Fetlar, Shetland.

GRUTING, bay and burying-place in Sandsting parish, Shetland.

GRUVER, village in Lochs parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 368.

GRYFE, river, running about 17 miles pre-vailingly eastward to the Black Cart at 2^ miles north-west of Paisley, Renfrewshire.

GRYFE CASTLE, seat on Gryfe river, near Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.

GUALIN, hill, 1514 feet high, 4 miles north of Drymen, Stirlingshire.

GUALIN, wild mountain tract on mutual border of Durness and Edderachyllis parishes, Sutherland.

GUARD-BRIDGE, place on the Eden, 3 miles west-north-west of St. Andrews, Fife. It has a post office under Cupar, and a railway station.

GUAY, railway station, 5| miles north-north-west of Dunkeld, Perthshire. GUILDIE and GUILDIEMORE, two hamlets in Monikie parish, Forfarshire.

GUILDTOWN, village in St. Martin's parish, Perthshire. It has a post office under Perth, and a public school.

GUIRM, lake, with islet and remains of ancient fortalice, in Islay Island, Argyleshire.

GUIRSHADIR, suburb of Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.

GUISACHAN, head-stream of the Dee, Aberdeenshire.

GUISACHAN, stream, running to the sea at Inverguisachan, in Ardchattan parish, Argyleshire.

GUISACHAN, seat in Kiltarlity parish, Inverness-shire.

GULANE, village, 1J mile east of head-land of its own name, and 2J miles north-east-by-north of Aberlady, Haddingtonshire. It has a post office under Drem, a ruined ancient church, and a public school ; and it adjoins extensive sandy downs, famous as a coursing-ground. Pop. 219.

GULBERWICK, ancient parish, now part of Lerwick, Shetland.

GULBIN, affluent of upper part of the Spean, Inverness-shire.

GUMSCLEUGH, mountain on mutual border of Traquair and Yarrow parishes, Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire.

GUNISTER, bay and islet in Northmaven parish, Shetland.

GUNNA, small island between Tyree and Coll, Argyleshire.

GUNNIE, coal-field in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire.

GUNSGREEN, headland, seat, and distillery adjacent to Eyemouth, Berwickshire.

GUTHRIE, hamlet and parish in Forfarshire. The hamlet lies 7 miles east-north-east of Forfar, and has a post office designated of Forfarshire, a railway station, a parochial church with 306 sittings, and a public school with about 57 scholars. The parish consists of two sections, Guthrie-proper and Kirkbuddo, the latter about 5 miles south-south-east of Forfar ; and it comprises 3823 acres. Real property in 1880-81,6982. Pop. 439. Guthrie-proper consists chiefly of a ridge somewhat resembling that of the Old Town of Edinburgh ; and Kirkbuddo is mostly level. The seats are Guthrie Castle and Kirkbuddo House ; and the chief antiquity is a large well-preserved Roman camp situated in Kirkbuddo. A public school is at Holemill.


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