HALLMYRE, seat in Newlands parish, Peeblesshire.

HALLRULE, seat in Hobkirk parish, Roxburghshire.

HALLSIDE, village and seat on south-east verge of Cambuslang parish, Lanarkshire. Pop. 955.

HALLYARDS, ruined old mansion of historical note in Auchtertool parish, Fife.

HALLYARDS, estate in West Calder parish, Edinburghshire.

HALLYBURTON, seat in Kettins parish, Forfarshire.

HALSARY, place, with mission station, in Watten parish, Caithness.

HALTERBURN, place, with ancient Caledonian fort, in Yetholm parish, Roxburghshire.

HALTON, seat near Ratho, Edinburghshire.

HALTREES, hamlet, 5J miles north-west of Stow, Edinburghshire.

HALTSTANEDEAN.

HALYHILL, site of ancient capital of Pictavia, adjacent to Forteviot village, Perthshire. H ALYKIRK, curious group of large ancient stones on hill in Sandwick parish, Orkney.

HALYNESS, headland, 10 miles south of Lerwick, Shetland.

HAM, harbour in Dunnet parish, Caithness. A mound with Pictish house is near it.

HAMER, ancient parish, now part of Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire.

HAMILTON, town, ducal seat, and parish in middle ward of Lanarkshire. The town stands on Cadzow burn, near conflux of the Avon and the Clyde, 9| miles south-east of Glasgow ; dates from at least the early part of 15th century, but succeeded a much older town on ground now within the ducal park ; has given the titles of baron, marquis, and duke since respectively 1445, 1633, and 1643 to the family of Douglas-Hamilton ; figured conspicuously in the affairs of the Covenanters at the times of the skirmish of Drumclog and the battle of Bothwell Bridge ; ranks now as a place of much trade, a fashion-able resort, a seat of sheriff courts, and a parliamentary burgh ; publishes a weekly newspaper ; unites with Lanark, Airdrie, Linlithgow, and Falkirk in sending a member to Parliament ; is widely engirt with charming environs, rich in both natural beauties and artificial embellishments ; consists partly of plain old streets, partly of neat modern streets, and partly of a long main handsome street of 1835 ; and has a head post office with all departments, 2 railway stations, 6 banking offices, 4 hotels, county buildings of 1834, a large handsome parochial church of 1732, a quoad sacra parochial church of 1877, 2 chapels-of-ease, 2 Free churches, 4 United Presbyterian churches, Congregational, Evangelical Union, Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic churches, an academy transmuted in 1876 into a secondary public school, 2 primary public schools, a mechanics' institution, and a combination poorhouse. Real property in 1880-81, 71,512. Pop. 13,955. The ducal seat, Hamilton Palace, stands on low ground between the town and the Clyde ; includes a tower of 1591, a great enlargement of 1705, and a splendid extension of 1822-42 ; presents to the north a frontage of 265 feet, with lofty double-columned Corinthian portico ; and has exquisite extensive grounds, containing a gorgeous mausoleum, Cadzow Castle, and Chatelherault Chateau. The parish contains also the villages of Allanton, Darngaber, Ferniegair, and Low-waters, and part of the towns of Motherwell and Larkhall. It length is 5 miles ; its greatest breadth 4| miles ; its area 14,243 acres. Real property of landward part in 1880-81, 81,822. Pop., quoad civilia,26,231 ; quoad sacra, 18, 645. The surface is partly valley along the Clyde, partly deep dell along the Avon, partly ravines along burns, partly an undulating ascent toward heights of about 600 feet in altitude, and aggregately rich and beautiful. Coal, iron-ore, and limestone are found, and the coal is extensively worked. Chief seats, besides the ducal palace, are Earnock, Ross, Fairhill, Grovemount, Neilsland, Fairholm, and Edlewood ; and chief antiquities are Cadzow Castle, ruins of Darngaber Castle, gardens at Barncluith, a moat-hill to the north of the palace, and a tumulus at Meikle-Earnock. 15 schools for 3511 scholars are in the parish, and 7 of them for 1800 are new.

HAMILTON-FARME, estate, with colliery and site of ancient tumulus, in Rutherglen parish, Lanarkshire.

HAMMER, bold high headland in south of Bressay Island, Shetland.

HAMMERS, voe or bay on west side of Northmaven parish, Shetland.

HAMMERSNESS, headland in north-west of Fetlar Island, Shetland.

HAMNA, voe or bay on north side of Northmaven parish, Shetland.

HAMNA, voe or bay in south end of Yell Island, Shetland.

HAMNAWAY, bay off north side of Loch Resort, Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

HANDA, island, 2J miles north-west of Scourie, Sutherland. It is proximately circular, about 1J mile in diameter; it consists of deeply-inclined sandstone strata, with rapid slope toward the main-land ; it presents to the sea fissured cliffs from 500 to 700 feet high; it swarms all round with sea-fowl; and it commands from its summit an impressive view of a long reach of lofty seaboard.

HANDERICK, promontory at north side of Little Lochbroom, Ross-shire.

HANG - CLIFF, precipitous headland, nearly 500 feet high, on east of Noss Island, Shetland.

HANGINGSHAW, village in Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire. Pop. 272.

HANGINGSHAW, ruined notable seat on Yarrow river, in vicinity of Yarrowford, Selkirkshire ; and mountain, culminating 2 miles north-north-west of Yarrowford.