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SEVEN BRETHREN, semicircular line of ancient standing-stones in Tundergarth parish, Dumfriesshire.

SEVEN GREY STONES, vestige of ancient Caledonian stone circle in Lochrutton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

SGIAH, rivulet, running eastward from Benwyvis, Boss-shire. Its basin contains coal.

SGRINNCALDALE, mountain, 1653 feet high, in Jura Island, Argyleshire.

SGURCHAIRIE, lofty mountain in Fortingal parish, Perthshire.

SGURRANAIRGOID, mountain, 2734 feet high, on north side of Loch Duich, Ross-shire.

SHADIR, small bay, 11 miles south-south-west of Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

SHAGGY, romantic stream, making three falls, one of them of 55 feet, in Monzie parish, Perthshire.

SHALLAIN, rivulet, running to Loch Garry, Perthshire.

SHAMBELLY, seat near Newabbey, Kirkcudbrightshire.

SHANDON, hamlet on north side of Gareloch, 5^ miles north-north-west of Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire. It took its name, signifying ' old fort,' from an ancient fortalice, now almost extinct; it has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Helensburgh, and a Free church ; and it is near the elegant modern mansions of Shandon Lodge and West Shandon. Pop. 291.

SHANDWICK, village, mansion, and curiously-sculptured ancient obelisk in Nigg parish, Eoss-shire. Pop. of village, 182.

SHANK, picturesque spot, sung by the poet Graham, at influx of Gore rivulet to the South Esk, in Edinburghshire.

SHANKEND, railway station, 7 miles south of Hawick, Eoxburghshire.

SHANKRAMUIR, estate, with extensive limeworks, in Gadder parish, Lanarkshire.

SHANKSTON, lake in Kirkmichael parish, Ayrshire.

SHANNAN, hill, 4 miles south-west of Luss village, Dumbartonshire.

SHANNASS, place in Old Deer parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a public school with about 122 scholars.

SHANNOCKHILL, estate in Tillicoultry parish, Clackmannanshire.

SHANTER, farm once occupied by Burns' ' Tarn o' Shanter,' 1J mile west of Kirkoswald, Ayrshire. It is now annexed to another farm and stripped of its buildings.

SHANWELL, seat near Milnathort, Kinross-shire.

SHAPINSHAY, insular parish, averagely 6 miles north-north-east of Kirkwall, Orkney. It flanks the north side of the String or eastward marine outlet from Kirkwall, and measures about 5 miles by 4J, but is indented on the north by the large bay of Viantro. Eeal property in 1880-81, 2125. Pop. 974. The shores and seaboard are mostly low and fertile, but the interior rises gradually into pastoral or barren hill, and commands from a summit there a map-like view of great part of Orkney. A modern village overlooks Elswick Bay on the south coast, and has there a fine natural harbour, screened by a green islet. Chief objects of interest are Cliff dale modern mansion, How ruined old mansion, numerous littoral Scandinavian dunes, the Black Stone of Odin, and a place on the west coast traditionally said to have been fatal to one of the ships of Agricola. The churches are Established, United Presbyterian, and Evangelical Union ; and there are 3 schools with accommodation for 141 scholars.

SHAWBOST, three villages, New, North, and South, in Lochs parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 214, 322, and 291.

SHAWEND, burn, running to large reservoir about a mile east-north-east of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.

SHAWFIELD, SHAWFIELD-BANK, and

SHAWFIELD-PARK, seats near Euther-glen, Lanarkshire.

SHAWHEAD, village in Kirkpatrick-Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. It has a post office under Dumfries.

SHAWHILL, seat in Eiccarton parish, Ayrshire.

SHAWLANDS, viUage in northern vicinity of Pollockshaws, Eenfrewshire. It shares in the industries of Pollockshaws, and has a chapel-of-ease. Pop. 798.

SHAW PARK.

SHAWS, reservoirs at 500 feet above sea-level, and copious constant stream thence for water-supply of Greenock, Eenfrew-shire.

SHAWS, small lake and high hill about 1\ miles south-west of Selkirk.

SHAWS, farm, with two ancient circular fortifications, in Castleton parish, Eox-burghshire.

SHAWS, near Glasgow.

SHAWSBURN, colliery in Dalserf parish, Lanarkshire.

SHAWTONHILL, small cemetery in Glassford parish, Lanarkshire.

SHEAL, affluent of Leochel rivulet in Leochel parish, Aberdeenshire.

SHEARDALE, coalfield in Dollar parish, Clackmannanshire.

SHEARINGTON, village in Caerlaverock parish, Dumfriesshire.

SHEBSTER, hamlet and hill in Eeay parish, Caithness. The hamlet lies 6 miles south-west of Thurso, and has a post office under Thurso, a public school, and a ruined old chapel ; and the hill has remains of two ancient forts at some distance from each other.

SHEDDEN, public park, with fine entrance gateway, on east side of Kelso, Roxburghshire.


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