OISGIL, bay in Kilmuir parisli, Isle of Skye.
OISHNIE, small lake in Dowally parish, Perthshire.
OLA (ST.), landward part of Kirkwall parish, Orkney.
OLD ABERDEEN, etc.
OLD CAMBUS.
OLDCASTLE, fishing village in Slains parish, Aberdeenshire.
OLD CAULDRON, very deep lake in Dryfesdale parish, Dumfriesshire.
OLD CUMNOCK, etc.
OLD FINGLAND, early affluent of the Tweed in Tweedsmuir parish, Peeblesshire.
OLDHALL, quondam ancient tower in Gargunnock parish, Stirlingshire.
OLDHAMSTOCKS, village in Haddingtonshire, and parish partly also in Berwickshire. The village stands 2^ miles west-south-west of Cockburnspath, and 18J east-south-east of Haddington, and has a post office under Cockburnspath, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 78 scholars. The parish contains also Bilsdean village ; comprehends a main body mostly in Haddingtonshire, and a detached section, If mile to the south-east, all in Berwickshire ; measures about 6 miles by 3 in the main body ; and comprises 6492 acres in Haddingtonshire and 2345 in Berwickshire. Real property in 1880, 5295 and 1856. Pop. 568. The surface includes 1J mile of bold rocky coast, and an adjacent belt of low undulating ground ; and it rises thence first into a succession of small hills, and afterwards into the Lammermoors. Chief objects of interest are the mansion, grounds, and dean of Dunglass.
OLDHAVEN, smaU cliff-screened bay in Gamrie parish, Banffshire.
OLD IRONWORKS, village in Gladsmuir parish, Haddingtonshire. Pop. 211.
OLD KILPATRICK, etc.
OLD KIRK, parish in Old Town, Edinburgh. Pop. 3136.
OLDMORE, hill, with about 300 inhabitants, in Keith parish, Banffshire.
OLDNEY, island and harbour in Assynt parish, Sutherland. Pop. 4.
OLD PLACE, viUage in Blantyre parish, Lanarkshire.
OLD RAYNE, village, 9 miles north-west of Inverury, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Insch, and a public school with about 80 scholars.
OLD ROME, village and colliery in Dundonald parish, Ayrshire.
OLD ROSEISLE, hamlet in Duffus parish, Elginshire.
OLD ROXBURGH.
OLDSHIELDS, estate, with remains of Caledonian stone circle, in Biggar parish, Lanarkshire.
OLDSHOREMOLE, place, with large public school, in Edderachyllis parish, Sutherland.
OLDTOWN, place, with public school, in Kennethmont parish, Aberdeenshire.
OLDWALLS, vestige of strong old tower in Dryfesdale pai-ish, Dumfriesshire.
OLD WATER, affluent of the Cluden on north-east border of Kirkcudbrightshire.
OLD WIFE'S POINT, headland on north-west coast of Mull Island, Argyleshire.
OLGRINMORE, place, with public school and site of ancient chapel, in Halkirk parish, Caithness.
OLIVER, seat and site of ancient baronial fortalice in Tweedsmuir parish, Peeblesshire.
OLIVER'S KNOLL, spot, with traces of camp ascribed to Cromwell, on Firth of Forth, near Burntisland, Fife.
OLLABERRY, hamlet on east coast of Northmaven parish, Shetland. It has a post office under Lerwick, a chapel-of-eace, a United Presbyterian church, and ruins of old parochial church.
OLLA'S, voe or bay on west side of Sandstini;- parish, Shetland.
OLNAFIRTH, bay and hamlet in Delting parish, Shetland. The bay strikes east-ward from south-east part of St. Magnus Bay, and is about 5 miles long. The ham-let lies at its head, and has an Established church.
OLRIG, parish, containing Castletown post town, on north coast of Caithness. Its length is about 5 miles; its greatest breadth about 3J miles. Real property in 1880-81, 9521. Pop. 2002. The coast extends along Dunnet Bay to within 2f miles of Thurso, and includes some sandy links. The interior is partly flat, partly hilly. Olrig Hill rises to a height of 453 feet, has vestiges of an ancient watch-tower, and commands an extensive view. Flagstone abounds, and is very largely quarried and exported. The seats are Olrig, Murkle, and Ratter. The site of an ancient nunnery, and the scene of a notable battle between two Scandinavian earls, are near Murkle ; and the site of an ancient church dedicated to St. Columba is on the eustern border. The churches are Established and Free. There are 6 schools with 614 scholars, and 1 of them and an enlargement for 329 are new.
OMACHIE, estate in Monifieth parish, Forfarshire.
OMOA, village with ironworks, 3 miles east of Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
ONICH, village at head of Loch Linnhe, 9 miles south-south-west of Fort-William, Inverness-shire. It has a post office under Ballachulish, and. a public school.
OOA.
OPINAN, hamlet in Gairloch parish, Ross-shire. It has a public school with about 98 scholars.
OPSAY, islet in Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides.
ORANGEFIELD, seat in Monkton parish, Ayrshire.
ORANSAY, island contiguous to south end of Colonsay, and 4 miles north-west of northern extremity of Islay, Argyleshire. It is separated from Colonsay by only a narrow channel, dry at low-water ; it measures about 2 miles in length, and has a rugged but not high surface ; and it contains a modern mansion, an interesting ruined ancient priory, a beautiful sculptured ancient cross, and several cairns.
