ORMIDALE, watering-place on west side of Loch Riddan. It lies 5| miles north-west of Rothesay ; is of recent formation ; has steamboat pier, hotel, and villas ; and is near Ormidale mansion.
ORMISTON, village and parish on west border of Haddingtonshire. The village stands near Macmerry railway, 2J miles south of Tranent, and has a post office under Pencaitland, a railway station, an old cross, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 65 scholars. Pop. 378. The parish measures 4 miles by 3J, and comprises 3444 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7416. Pop. 1026. The surface is low and flat. Ormiston Hall is a seat of the Earl of Hopetoun. A female public school is at East Paiston.
ORMISTON, barony, with site of Border tower, in Eckford parish, Roxburghshire.
ORMISTON - HILL, seat in Kirknewton parish, Edinburghshire.
ORMOND, isolated rocky knoll, site of ancient castle, in Avoch parish, Ross-shire. It gave the title of Marquis to second son of James ill.
ORMSARY, seat, and post office under Ardrishaig, in South Knapdale parish, Argyleshire.
ORONSAY.
ORPHIR, parish, averagely 9 miles south-west of Kirkwall, Orkney. It has a post office under Kirkwall ; and it comprehends a sea-board tract on Pomona measuring about 7 miles by 3J, and the island of Cava, Real property in 1880-81, 2749. Pop. 1013. The mainland coast includes Houton head, about 300 feet high, but all elsewhere is nearly level ; and the interior is an assemblage of vales and hills, the latter culminating at about 700 feet above sea-level, and commanding fine views. A chief residence is Claistran Hall ; and chief antiquities are ruins of Earl Paul's palace, remains of Romish chapels, and several tumuli. The churches are Established and Free ; and there are 2 new public schools with capacity for 150 scholars.
ORR.
ORREA, quondam Roman station at confluence of the Tay and the Almond, Perthshire.
ORRIN, river, running about 27 miles east-north-eastward to the Conan at 4J miles south-south-west of Dingwall, Ross-shire.
ORROCK, lofty hill, partly with basaltic colonnades, in Burntisland parish, Fife.
ORROLAND, seat in Rerrick parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
ORSAY, islet adjacent to Rhimis Point, at south-west extremity of Islay Island, Argyleshire. It is crowned by a lighthouse, with flashing light visible at the distance of 17 nautical miles. Pop. 15.
ORTON, estate, with post office under Fochabers, railway station, and mansion on the Spey, 9J miles south-east of Elgin.
ORWELL, parish, containing Milnathort post town and Middleton village, in north of Kinross-shire. Its length is 8f miles ; its greatest breadth 3f miles ; its area 13,133 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 18,736. Pop. 2031. The southern section is a level, diversified by gently swelling heights ; and the northern one has braes in the east, and includes a portion of the Ochils in the west. About 8000 acres are in tillage. Chief objects of interest are Burleigh Castle, near Milnathort, and remains of a huge cairn on one of the Ochils. The churches are Established, Free, and United Presbyterian ; and there are 2 schools with capacity for 340 scholars.
OSCAR, small bay on west side of Lismore Island, Argyleshire. It has a group of islets in its mouth, and it forms a sheltered natural harbour.
OSNABURGH, village, 3 miles north-east of Cupar, Fife.
OSPISDALE, seat in Criech parish, Sutherland.
OSSE, lofty insulated rock, with great natural arch, off south-west coast of Northmaven, Shetland.
OSSIAN'S GRAVE, old stone-faced small cavity in deep narrow pass of Glenalmond, Perthshire. It got its name from the sheer fancy of some antiquaries.
OSSIAN'S HALL, summer-house so placed and furnished as to reflect startlingly a contiguous foaming cataract of the river Bran, about 1J mile west of Dunkeld, Perthshire.
OTTER, sandbank, quay, ferry, mansion, and public school on east side of Loch Fyne, 6 miles east of Ardrishaig, Argyleshire. The sandbank is about 1800 yards long, seems to be due to conflicting cur-rents, and is nearly all bare during six hours of ebb spring tide.
OTTERBURN, farm in Longformacus parish, Berwickshii'e. It contests with Otterburn in Northumberland the claim of having been the battlefield between Douglas and Hotspur.
OTTERSTON, seat and lake in Dalgetty parish, Fife.
OTTERSWICK, bay, 3| miles long, with good anchoring-ground, in north of Sanday Island, Orkney.
OTTERVORE, bay and sound, sprinkled with islets, at north end of Barra group, Outer Hebrides.
OUAM, small lake in Monivaird parish, Perthshire.
OUCHAN, lake, 3 miles long, on south-east border of Lochaber, Inverness-shire.
OUDE, rivulet, running 4J miles south-westward from Loch Trallaig to head of Loch Melfort, Argyleshire.
OUPLAYMOOR, place near Neilston, Renfrewshire. It has a post office under Glasgow.
OUSIE, isleted lake on shoulder of Knockfarrel, on south side of Strathpeffer valley, Ross-shire.
OUTER HEBRIDES.
OUTER HIGH.
