STORNOWAY, bay adjacent to Arclpat-rick Head, in Knapdale, Argyleshire.
STORR, mountain, 2343 feet high, 7 miles north of Portree, Isle of Skye. Its east side ascends in an avalanche of fallen rocks to a precipice about 405 feet high ; its other sides are massive and almost symmetrical; and its summit is grouped with shattered crags looking like castles towers, and pinnacles, and commands a very extensive and impressive view
STOTFIELD, coast village and headland in western vicinity of Lossiemouth, Elginshire. Pop. 203.
STOURHOLM, island about midway between Mainland and Yell, Shetland. '
STOUSLIE, place, with public school, in Wilton parish, Roxburghshire.
STOVE, bay in south-west of Sanday Island, Orkney.
STOW, village in Edinburghshire and parish partly also in Selkirkshire. The village stands on Gala river, 24 J miles by road, but 26| by railway, south-south-east of Edinburgh ; sprang from an ancient seat of the bishops of St. Andrews ; was a retreat of the monks of Melrose ; and now has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Mid-Lothian, a railway station, a good inn, a public hall, handsome Established and United Presbyterian churches of 1872 and 1876, a Free church, and a large public school. Pop. 341. The parish contains also four hamlets, measures about 15 miles by 8}, and comprises 26,863 acres in Edinburghshire, and 9969 in Selkirkshire. Eeal property in 1880-81, 26,386 and 6851. Pop. 1954 and 56. The Edinburgh section consists of the valley, hill-screens, and lateral vales of the Gala to within li mile of Galashiels ; and the Selkirk section consists of the basin of the Cadclon. Chief seats are Crookston, Burnhouse, Symington, Pirn, Torquhan, Torwoodlee, and Bowland ; and chief antiquities are remains of seven camps, and ruins or vestiges of many old castles. An Established church is at Caddonfoot. Five schools for 599 scholars are in the parish, and 2 of them for 335 are new.
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STRACHAN, hamlet and parish in west of Kincardineshire. The hamlet lies on the Feugh, 3J miles south-south-west of Banchory, and has a post office under Aberdeen, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 135 scholars. The parish measures 13 miles by 9, and comprises 41,672 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 5272. Pop. 694. The surface includes about 2250 acres of arable land adjacent to the Dee and the Feugh, consists mainly of outskirts and masses of the Grampians, and culminates on the west boundary in the summit of Mount Battock. Chief objects are 2 mansions, a shooting-lodge, 3 ancient artificial mounds, and 2 large cairns. There are 3 schools for 257 scholars, and 1 of them for 120 is new.
STRACHUR, hamlet and parish on west side of Cowal, Argyleshire. The hamlet lies on small bay of Loch Fyne, adjacent to Creggan Ferry, 5 miles south of Inverary, and has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Argyleshire, an inn, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 70 scholars. The parish extends 18 miles along Loch Fyne, and is from 3 to 8 miles broad. Eeal property in 1880-81, 7810. Pop. 932. About one-twentieth of the land, chiefly in two vales, is arable ; most of the rest of the area is filled with an assemblage of lofty verdant hills ; and a portion in the south-east is occupied with the upper part of Loch Eck. Chief seats are Strachur, Strachurmore, Glenshellis, Ballimore, Glenbrantir,and Castle-Lachlan; and an object of curious interest and of popular superstition is a conspicuous stone on an eminence commanding an extensive view. The parochial church of the annexed parish of Stralachlan stands 6 miles south-south-west of Strachur hamlet. There are 3 schools for 156 scholars, and 1 of them and an enlargement for 100 are new.
