TANNER, rivulet, running 11 miles north-eastward to the Dee at If mile west of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
TANTALLON, ruined strong famous ancient castle on peninsulated lofty precipitous sea-rock, 2| miles east of North Berwick, Haddingtonshire. It belonged, in the time of Robert n., and till 1455, to the Earls of Douglas; it possessed then such force against assailants that to ' ding it doon ' became proverbially as impossible as to ' mak' a brig to the Bass ; ' it passed to the Earls of Angus, and served them to give defiance to James IV. and James v. ; it was besieged and captured in 1639 by the Covenanters ; and it went, by sale, in beginning of 18th century, to Lord President Dalrymple, and was then relinquished to decay. It formed an irregular hexagon, could be approached only by a drawbridge, was defended there by very massive towers; and it continues tolerably entire in its outer^ walls, but is roofless, crushed, and chaotic throughout its interior. A graphic description of it, in its former condition, occurs in Sir Walter Scott's Marmion.
TARANSAY, island off mouth of "West Loch Tarbert, in north-west of Harris, Outer Hebrides. It measures 4J miles by fully 2, and consists of two considerable peninsulated hills and narrow sandy isthmus. Pop. 55.
TARBAT, parish in extreme north-east of Ross-shire. It contains Portmahomack post office village and Balnabruach and Rockfield villages, and projects between Dornoch Firth and Moray Firth. Its length is 7J miles; its greatest breadth 4J miles. Real property in 1880-81, 8204. Pop. 1878. The coast measures about 15 miles; is partly cavernous, and mostly bluff and rocky, but not high ; and includes six natural harbours. The interior is a plain, diversified by low rising-grounds ; and the north-eastern district, to the length of 5J miles, is a peninsula, diminishing from a breadth of If mile to the point of Tarbatness. The only mansion is Geanies ; the chief antiquities are the large dilapidated noble castle of Balone, remains or sites of five other castles, and vestiges of a Roman camp and a Roman landmark ; and an interesting object is a beautiful piece of stone-work called Dingwall's Tomb. The churches are Established and Free ; and the schools are 2 new ones with accommodation for 357 scholars.
TARBAT, estate from 2| to 7 miles north-east of Invergordon, Ross-shire. It has a modern mansion adjacent to site of grand old demolished castle ; it belonged to the Earls of Cromarty, and gave them the title of viscount; and it descended, along with the title, to the lady who in 1849 became Duchess of Sutherland.
TARBAT, burn, running to left side of the Don near Aberdeen.
TARBATNESS, terminating point of Tarbat peninsula, 13 miles east-north-east of Tain, Ross-shlre. It has a lighthouse with light constant in one direction but intermittent in another, visible at the distance of 18 nautical miles.
TARBERT, bay, seaport town, and quoad sacra parish on west side of lower reach of Loch Fyne, in Argyleshire. The bay opens at 7 miles north of Skipness Point ; is about a mile long, and nowhere more than about 3 furlongs wide ; forms first a narrow winding passage between low ridges of naked rock, next a fine land-locked natural harbour; bears the alter-native name of East Loch Tarbert ; and is separated by only a small isthmus from head of West Loch Tarbert. The town stands at the bay's head; carries on extensive herring fishery; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Greenock, a steamboat quay, a banking office, 2 inns, Established and Free churches, a public school with about 135 scholars, and the ruins of three ancient castles which commanded the isthmus. Pop. of the town, 1621 ; of the quoad sacra parish, 2017.
TARBERT, hamlet, with Free church, at head of West Loch Tarbert, Outer Hebrides.
TARBERT, hill in West Kilbride parish, Ayrshire.
TARBERT, curving glen, about 9 miles long, traversed by rivulet to south-east side of Loch Eil at 3 miles south-west of Fort-William, Inverness-shire.
TARBERT, glen, between Lochs Sunart and Linnhe, in north of Argyleshire.
TARBERT, narrow sea-loch, striking about 5 miles eastward from north end of Islay Sound, and nearly bisecting Jura Island, Argyleshire.
TARBERT (EAST), village in Harris, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 230.
TARBERT (EAST and WEST), two sea-lochs on mutual boundary of Knapdale and Kintyre, Argyleshire. The East loch is called also Tarbert Bay, and has been noticed in our article on Tarbert. The West loch has a steamboat quay at its head within a mile of Tarbert town ; descends 11 miles south-westward to the sea opposite middle part of Islay ; has a mean breadth of about f mile ; and is flanked with ornate slopes and gentle hills containing two villages and numerous villas and mansions. A project was started in 1882 to connect the heads of the lochs by a canal 18 feet deep and 56 feet wide, estimated to cost 200,000.
TARBERT (EAST and WEST), two sea-lochs, nearly bisecting Harris, Outei Hebrides. The East loch commences around Scalpa Island, strikes about 5 miles north-westward, is mostly from 4$ to nearly 2 miles wide, and forks at its head into 2 small bays. The West loch commences within ^ mile of one of these bays, extends 6 miles westward, expands from little more than a point to a width of 4^ miles, is overhung by precipitous lofty mountains, and is screened across the mouth by Taransay Island.
