SHEUCHAN, quoad sacra parish, containing part of Stranraer town, in Wig-toushire. It has Established and Free churches, and a Madras school. Pop. 1533.
SHEVOCK, rivulet, running to the Ury a little above Old Rayne, Aberdeenshire.
SHEWALTON, village, mansion, and large turbary in Dundonald parish, Ayrshire.
SHEWGLIE, residences at Loch Meikle, in Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire.
SHIAN, seat in Glenquiech, about 11 miles west of Dunkeld, Perthshire.
SHIANT, group of islets, 18 miles south of Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. Two of them measure each about 2 miles in circuit, and are mutually adjacent ; and all have a basaltic columnar formation similar to that of Staffa.
SHIANT, Isle of Skye.
SHIEL, lake and river on boundary between Inverness-shire and Argyleshire. The lake commences at foot of Glenfinnan, extends about 16 miles south-westward, has nowhere a width of more than 2 miles, and is flanked by picturesque mountains. The river issues from the lake's foot, and runs about 2J miles north-westward to Loch Moydart.
SHIEL, rivulet, running about 10 miles westward and west-north-westward to head of Loch Duich, on south-west border of Ross-shire.
SHIELBURN, place, with public school, in Rathven parish, Banffshire.
SHIELDAG, village and quoad sacra parish on west coast of Ross-shire. The village stands on a bay of its own name on middle reach of Loch Torridon, 9 miles from the loch's mouth ; is overhung by a hill of vast sandstone cliffs, rising to a height of 1667 feet; carries on an extensive fishery; and has a post office under Lochcarron, a small inn, a parochial church of 1827, a Free church of 1879, and a public school with about 47 scholars. The parish was constituted ecclesiastically in 1833, and politically in 1851, measures about 18 miles by 15, and has all its population, except two families, in a rugged tract along the coast. A sub-parochial church and a public school are at Kishorn. Pop. 1447.
SHIELDFIELD, estate in Gordon parish, Berwickshire.
SHIELDGREEN, lofty ruined old castle near head of Soonhope burn, in vicinity of Peebles.
SHIELDHALL, estate about 4 miles south-west of Glasgow. It was sold in 1872 for 112,000.
SHIELDHILL, fishing village in Kinneff parish, Kincardineshire.
SHIELDHILL, modernized old seat in Libberton parish, Lanarkshire.
SHIELDHILL, place, with railway station and public school, 6f miles north-north-east of Dumfries.
SHIELDHILL (EAST), village in Polmont parish, Stirlingshire. Pop. 391.
SHIELDS, estate in Renfrewshire section of Govan parish, in south-western vicinity of Glasgow.
SHIELDS, place, with limeworks, in East Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire.
SHIELDS, burn in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire.
SHIELDS ROAD, railway-junction station in southern suburbs of Glasgow.
SHIELHILL, seat on the South Esk, in Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire.
SHIELHOUSE, inn near head of Loch Duich, at foot of Glenshiel, on south-west border of Ross-shire.
SHIELHOUSE, burn, entering Carron rivulet at 4 miles north of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
SHIELLS, burn, running to the Tweed at 3 miles north-north-east of Coldstream, Berwickshire.
SHIELS, place, with United Presbyterian church, in Belhelvie parish, Aberdeenshire.
SHIERGLASS, seat near Blair-Athole village, Perthshire.
SHILLINGLAW, affluent of Quair rivulet, Peeblesshire.
SHIN, lake and river in south-west of Sutherland. The lake lies all in Lairg parish, extends 18 miles south-eastward, has a mean breadth of less than a mile, and is flanked by uplands, very grand around the head, but tame along the sides. The river issues from the lake's foot, runs 7 miles southward to the Oikell at 7 miles north-west of Bonar-Bridge, and makes, at 2 miles from its mouth, a considerable cascade.
SHINEACH, lake in Glassary parish, Argyleshire.
SHINNEL, rivulet, running 10 miles south-eastward, and If mile north-north-eastward, to the Scarr in western vicinity of Penpont, Dumfriesshire. It is partly flanked by picturesque mountains, and it makes a rushing cataract and a consider-able cascade.
SHIRA, rivulet, running 10 miles south-by-westward to Loch Fyne at 2 miles north-west of Inverary, Argyleshire. It traverses Glensliira, and then, on a very low level, makes a lacustrine expansion to its mouth.
