SPEDLIN, strong, turreted, ancient tower on Annan river, opposite Jardine Hall, 34 miles north-by-east of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire.
SPELVIE, sea-loch on east side of Mull Island, Argyleshire. It opens opposite south side of Kerrera, goes 6 miles west-north-westward, is narrow in the mouth, but about 1 mile wide in the middle, and has flanks ranging from low to alpine.
SPEY, largest river, except the Tay, in Scotland. It issues from small lake of its own name 10 miles geographically south-east of Fort-Augustus in Inverness-shire ; runs about 82 miles, chiefly north-eastward, mostly in Inverness-shire, partly in Elginshire, partly on boundary between Elginshire and Banffshire, to Moray Firth at Garmouth ; has principally a very mountainous basin, with great diversity of con-tour ; runs generally in very rapid current, subject to sudden and voluminous freshets ; gives the name of Strathspey to a long glen of its upper and middle reaches ; and is distinguished, next to the Tweed and the Tay, for salmon fisheries.
SPEYMOUTH, parish on left side of lowmost reach of the Spey, adjacent to Garmouth post office village, in Elginshire. Its length is 6J miles ; its greatest breadth 2 miles; its area 6025 acres. Heal property in 1880-81, 6545. Pop., quoad civilia, 656 ; quoad sacra, 1608. The surface presents a steep bank, averagely about 45 feet high, to the Spey, and includes a small steep hill, but is elsewhere almost all a continuous plain. There are 5 schools for 445 scholars, and 1 of them for 230 is new.
SPINNINGDALE, village, 4 miles east of Bonar-Bridge, on south verge of Sutherland. It has a post office under Dornoch, and a public school with about 99 scholars.
SPITTAL, ancient parish, now part of Crailing, Roxburghshire.
SPITTAL, place, with site of ancient hospital, in north-east of Cavers parish, Roxburghshire.
SPITTAL, seat in Hutton parish, Berwickshire.
SPITTAL, hamlet in Halkirk parish, Caithness. It has a post office under Wick, and a public school with about 84 scholars.
SPITTAL, estate in northern vicinity of Aberdeen.
SPITTAL, burn, running 6 miles south-westward to Firth of Forth, in Dunfermline parish, Fife.
SPITTAL, site of ancient hospital, 2 miles east of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.
SPITTALFIELD, village in Caputh parish, Perthshire. It has a post office under Dunkeld, and a public school with about 108 scholars.
SPITTAL OF GLENSHEE, place, with hotel, on Highland road, 23 miles north of Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
SPITTLEHAUGH, se* of Sir James R. Fergusson, Bart., in Linton parish, Peeblesshire.
SPITTLEHOPE, burn, running southward to the Tweed at 2 miles east-south-east of Peebles.
SPOTT, village and parish in east of Haddingtonshire. The village stands on Spott or Broxburn rivulet, 2J miles south of Dunbar, and has a post office under Dunbar, a parochial church, and a public school with capacity for 58 scholars. The parish consists of two sections 2J miles asunder; extends from about l mile north of the village to watershed of the Lammermoors ; measures, inclusive of the intersection, 9| miles by 3 ; and comprises 7583 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7076. Pop. 579. The northern and greatly larger section includes Doon Hill and some other eminences, but is mostly low and undulated ; and the southern consists wholly of part of the Lammermoors. Doon Hill was the place of General Leslie's camp at the battle of Dunbar. Chief residences are Spott House and Bowerhouses; and a chief antiquity is vestige of a Roman or Danish camp.
SPOTTISWOODE, seat in Westruther parish, Berwickshire.
SPOTTSHALL, seat on Urr river, 4 miles north-east of Castle-Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire.
SPOUTING CAVE, cave on west coast of lona Island, Argyleshire. It has a vertical aperture, and it projects thence a lofty jet-d'eau at high-water in stormy weather.
SPOUT-OF-BALLAGAN, leap of 70 feet in upper part of Blane river, Stirlingshire.
SPOUT-OF-GARNOCK, fine cataract in upper part of Garnock river, Ayrshire.
SPOUT-ROLLA, waterfall on upper part of Lednock rivulet, Pei'thshire.
SPRINGBANK, northern suburb of Glasgow. It has a United Presbyterian church and a large public school.
SPRINGBANK, village in East Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire.
SPRINGBANK, place, with United Presbyterian church, near Ayton, in Berwickshire.
SPRINGBANK, seat on the Clyde in eastern outskirts of Glasgow.
SPRINGBURN, town and quoad omnia parish in lower ward of Lanarkshire. The town stands nominally 1| mile north-east of Glasgow, includes a portion within Maryhill parish, presents a good and prosperous appearance, and has a post office with money-order and telegraph departments under Glasgow, Established and United Presbyterian churches, and a large Roman Catholic church founded in November 1881. Pop. 5911. The parish was constituted in 1854, extends from Duke Street of Glasgow northward to boundary with Cadder, comprises 1901 acres, and includes Cowlairs village, part of Hogganfield village, and part of Glasgow burgh. Pop., quoad civilia, 20,987. A chapel-of-ease and a large industrial school are at Hogganfield ; and other places of worship and large schools are in the part within Glasgow burgh.
