SALLACHAN, bay and headland at junction of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil, Argyleshire.
SALLOCH.
SALLYSBURGH, village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire. It has a post office under Holytown. Pop. 576.
SALMON LEAP, cascade on Kale rivulet, in Hounani parish, Eoxburgh shire.
SALMORE, mountain, 2498 feet high, 8 miles south-west of Ullapool, Ross-shire.
SALTBURN, village in Rosskeen parish, Ross-shire. It has a public school with about 55 scholars. Pop. 302.
SALTCOATS, coast town, nominally 1 mile east-south-east of Ardrossan. Ayrshire. It got its name from salt-works erected in time of James v. ; fluctuated till modern times in diversity of manufacture and commerce ; shares now in the business and sea-bathing attractions of Ardrossan ; and has a head post office with all departments, a railway station, 2 banking offices, 2 Established churches, 2 Free churches, 2 United Presbyterian churches, an Evangelical Union church, a Roman Catholic church, and a large public school. Pop. 5096.
SALTCOATS, estate, with ruined old mansion, in Dirleton parish, Haddingtonshire.
SALTERNESS.
SALT GREENS, large tidal lake at mouth of Tyne river, Haddingtonshire.
SALTHOUSE, headland in southern vicinity of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. S ALTON, two villages and a parish in south-west of Haddingtonshire. The villages are East Salton and West Salton, and the latter stands about a mile west of the former, and 6 miles south-west of Haddington, and has a post office under Pencaitland. The parish measures about 4 miles by nearly 3, and comprises 3812 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 6405. Pop. 575. The land rises gradually from the north and the west, and some-what abruptly from the south, into broad-based tabular hill, and presents a pleasing diversity of aspect. Limestone abounds and is worked. The seats are Salton Hall and Herdmanston ; and the antiquities are remains of a camp and of a very old chapel. The parochial church contains about 400 sittings ; there is a Free church for Salton and Bolton ; and the public school has about 92 scholars.
SALTPAN, creek. 7 miles west-north-west of Stranraer, Wigtonshire.
SALTPANS, coast village, 5 miles west of Campbelton, Argyleshire.
SALTPANS, coast cave, 4| miles south-south-west of Kirkvvall, Orkney.
SALT STONES, reef, 2 miles north of Banff.
SAMPHREY, island, about 2J miles long, in south end of Yell Sound, Shetland.
SAMSON'S RIBS, lofty cliff, with basaltic columns, at south base of Arthur's Seat, in south-eastern vicinity of Edinburgh.
SAMUEL'S CAVE, cave in Glennevis, 8 miles east-south-east of Fort-William, Inverness-shire. It gave refuge to some fugitives from battlefield of Culloden.
SAMUELSTON, village on the Tyne, 3^ miles south-west of Haddington. It has a post office under Haddington.
SANCHAR.
SAND, lake in Slains parish, Aberdeenshire.
SAND, lake in Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire.
SAND, small bay in Fetlar Island, Shetland.
SAND, bay, seat, and old church in Sandsting parish, Shetland.
SANDA, island, 6 miles east-south-east of Mull of Kintyre, Argyleshire. It measures about 1J mile in length, ?> mile in breadth, and 300 feet in height ; is partly engirt with cliffs ; exhibits in one of these a very large natural arch ; was a station of the Scandinavian fleets in the times of the contest for the Hebrides ; has vestiges of an ancient church, probably on site of a Culdee cell; and is crowned by a lighthouse showing a fixed red light visible at a distance of 17 nautical miles. Pop. 14.
SANDAY, island, contiguous to Canna, Inner Hebrides, Argyleshire. It is united to Canna at low-water, extends thence eastward If mile, rises from Sanday beach into gentle elevations, and terminates in cliffs.
SANDAY, island in centre of North Isles group, Orkney. It comprises five peninsulas radiating from a centre, and measures about 13 miles in length, but has an area of not more than about 19 square miles ; and, excepting a hillocky ridge on its west side, it is all remarkably low and flat. It includes several spacious harbours ; terminates on the north-east in Start Point with lighthouse; is divided into Lady parish and the united parish of Cross and Burness ; has a post office, with money order department, under Kirkwall, and a good inn ; and contains 2 Established churches, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church, 5 public schools with accommodation for 450 scholars, Tresness mansion, upwards of 20 vitrified cairns, remains of several Scandinavian dunes, and ruins of 1 or 2 ancient chapels. Real property in 1880-81, 6023. Pop. 2075.
SANDBANK, village on south side of Holy Loch, opposite Kilmun, Argyleshire. It is a sea-bathing resort, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Greenock, a quoad sacra parochial church, and a Free church. Pop. of quoad sacra parish, 570.
