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INCHMICKERY, rocky islet in Firth of Forth, 2 miles north of Cramond shore, Edinburghshire.

INCHMOAN, low, flat, mossy islet to the south of Inchconachan, in Loch Lomond.

INCHMURRIN, largest and most southerly island in Loch Lomond. It measures 5J miles in circuit ; contains a hunting-lodge of the Duke of Montrose, and ruins of a fortalice of the Earls of Lennox ; and is used as a deer park.

INCH-NA-DAMPH, hamlet on Assynt lake, in Assynt parish, Sutherland.

INCHOCK, old castle in Auldearn parish, Nairnshire.

INCHPARKS, place, with public school, in Inch parish, Wigtonshire.

INCHRIACH,mountain in Eothiemurchus parish, Inverness-shire.

INCHRYE, seat in Abdie parish, Fife.

INCHTAVANACH, comparatively steep and lofty islet, mostly covered with natural oak, in Loch Lomond, f mile south-east of Luss.

INCHTORR, wooded islet between Inchcallioch and Inchcroin, in Loch Lomond.

INCHTURE, village and parish in Carse district, Perthshire. The village stands a little north of railway station of its own name, 13J miles east-north-east of Perth, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Perthshire, an inn, a Gothic church of 1834, and a public school with about 98 scholars. The parish contains also Ballendean and Balledgarno villages, measures about 4 miles by 3, and com-prises 4123 acres. Real property in 1880 T 81, 8304. Pop. 650. The surface is mostly a dead level, and consists of very fertile richly-embellished carse land. The seats are Lord Kinnaird's mansion of Rossie Priory and Ballendean House ; and the chief antiquities are Rossie cross, ruins of Rossie church, and ruins of Moncur Castle.

INCHTUTHIL, site of Roman station on the Tay, in Caputh parish, Perthshire.

INCHWOOD, burn on west boundary of Kilsyth parish, Stirlingshire.

INCHYRA, village, mansion, and detached district of Kinnoul parish, on the Tay, 8 miles south-east of Perth.

INDAAL.

INELLAN, village and quoad sacra parish in Cowal district, Argyleshire. The village stands on Firth of Clyde, 4 miles south-by-west of Dunoon ; was founded in 1843 ; is a fashionable watering-place, consisting chiefly of villas ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Greenock, a steamboat pier, a banking office, a hotel, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, and Episcopalian churches, and a public school with about 95 scholars. Pop. of the village, 859 ; of the quoad sacra pai'ish, 1061.

INGANESS, bay penetrating about 4 miles south-westward to vicinity of Kirkwall, Orkney. It forms a fine natural harbour for any class of vessels.

INGANS, three lofty hills in Cleish parish, Kinross-shire.

INGLIS-GREEN, place in vicinity of Slateford, Edinburghshire.

INGLISMALDIE, old castellated seat of the Earl of Kintore in Marykirk parish, Kincardineshire.

INGLISTON, seat and quondam hamlet in Kinnettles parish, Forfarshire.

INGLISTON, seat near Ratho, Edin. burghshire.

INHALLOW.

INISHAIL, island and ancient parish in Argyleshire. The island lies in Loch Awe, between Cladich and Kilchurn, and contains an interesting ancient cemetery and remains of an ancient small convent and chapel. The parish is now part of Glenorchy.

INKERMAN, recently-formed village in Abbey-Paisley parish, Renfrewshire. It has a public school with about 138 scholars. Pop. 948.

INNERAVON, old tower on site of Roman station in Borrowstownness parish, Linlithgowshire.

INNERGELLY, seat in Kilrenny parish, Fife.

INNERHADDEN, seat adjacent to Loch Rannoch, Breadalbane, Perthshire.

INNER HIGH CHURCH.

INNERKIP, village and parish in extreme west of Renfrewshire. The village stands on Kip rivulet, 3 furlongs from its mouth, and 6 miles south-west of Greenock ; is a pleasant place with charming environs ; and has a post office under Greenock, a railway station, a hotel, a handsome Established church, a Free church, a fine mausoleum of the Shaw-Stewart family, and a public school with about 172 scholars. Pop. 580. The parish contains also the town of Gourock, measures 6f miles by 5, and comprises 12,549 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 50,715. Pop., quoad civilia, 5359; quoad sacra, 882. The surface is bounded on the east by lofty hills, on the north and the west by Firth of Clyde, on the south by Kelly burn ; is intersected south-westward by the narrow vale of Kip rivulet; consists chiefly of bleak moors and pastoral heights ; has a narrow strip of low ground along the coast ; and exhibits great diversity of feature, and considerable aggregate of embellishment. The seats are Ardgowan, Kelly, Leven, Langhouse, Ashburn, and Gourock House ; and the antiquities are Ardgowan old tower and a Roman bridge on Dunrod burn. Five places of worship and 2 public schools are in Gourock.

INNERLEITHEN, town in Peeblesshire, and parish partly also in Selkirkshire. The town stands on Leithen rivulet, mile from the Tweed, and 6J miles east-south-east of Peebles ; figured as a hamlet from the time of Malcolm iv. till latter part of last century ; is now a seat of woollen manufacture, and a summer resort of invalids; adjoins a medicinal spring, believed to be the ' St. Eonan's "Well ' of Sir Walter Scott's novel; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Peeblesshire, a railway station, 2 banking offices, 2 hotels, a recently-erected public hall, recent drainage and waterworks, a modern Established church in lieu of an ancient one, a Free church enlarged in 1878, a United Presbyterian church erected in that year, Congregational and Roman Catholic chapels, and a large public school opened in 1881. Pop. 2307. The parish contains also Walkerburn village, measures about 9 miles by 7J, and com-prises 20,421 acres in Peeblesshire, and 3560 in Selkirkshire. Real property in 1880-81, 18,221 and 1202. Pop., quoad civilia, 3661; quoad sacra, 3636. The surface rises gradually from the Tweed to some of the loftiest summits of the Southern Highlands; presents mostly a bold, broken, rugged appearance ; is intersected by several deep glens ; and includes a small aggregate of low alluvial land. The chief seats are Glenormiston and Hollylee ; and a chief antiquity is Horsburgh Castle. A chapel-of-ease is at Walkerburn. Seven schools for 643 scholars, besides a large one of 1881, are in the parish, and 1 of them and a class-room for 130 are recent.


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