ULVA, place, with public school, in North Knapdale parish, Argyleshire.
ULYSSES-HAVEN, old village, now called Usan, in Craig parish, Forfarshire.
UNAPOOL, place with inn on south side of Kyle-Skow, on south-west coast of Sutherland.
UNDERCRAIG, eminence and hamlet in Erskine parish, Renfrewshire. The eminence commands a splendid view, and the hamlet has a public school with about 77 scholars.
UNDERWOOD, seat to the south of Riccarton, Ayrshire.
UNES, river, better known as Fleet, in south-east of Sutherland.
UNICK, mountain rivulet, running 6 miles eastward to Lee Lake in Lochlee parish, Forfarshire.
UNICORN, sunken rock outside north entrance of Bressay Sound, in Shetland.
UNIMORE, picturesque mountain vale, entered from Loch Aline and Loch Teagus, in Morvern parish, Argyleshire.
UNION BRIDGE, suspension carriage bridge on the Tweed, 1| mile south of Paxton village, Berwickshire. It was erected in 1820, and is 361 feet long and 18 feet wide.
UNION CANAL, canal from western part of Edinburgh, westward to Forth and Clyde Canal at 1J mile west-south-west of Falkirk. It measures 31| miles in length ; goes 30 miles on level, then falls 110 feet by 11 locks ; is 5 feet deep, and has a width of 40 feet at top and 20 feet at bottom. It was formed in 1818-22; it served till the railway times for passenger traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow; it became the property of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company in 1848, and passed with that to the North British ; and it now serves chiefly for mineral traffic.
UNST, island and parish in extreme north of Shetland. The island, except by sounds in the south and south-west, is surrounded by the open ocean ; it extends 11^ miles north-north-eastward, and is about 3J miles broad; it exhibits, all round, a series of promontories, sea-lochs, headlands, and bays ; it presents, especially to the north and to the west, rocky, mural, cavernous, and lofty ranges of coast ; it culminates, at north end, in a bold conspicuous hill, 938 feet high, pierced through the base by a grand natural sea-tunnel ; it comprises, throughout the interior, about 4000 acres either actually in tillage or naturally arable ; it exports chromate of iron, and abounds in other rare or valuable minerals ; and it contains the post office villages of Baltasound and Uyeasound, Belmont and Bunness mansions, a parochial church with 1224 sittings, a Free church, a Methodist church, 4 public schools, ruins or vestiges of more than 20 ancient places of worship, numerous tumuli, and a chain of Scandinavian dunes. Pop. 2173. The parish comprehends also Flugga, Uyea, and Balta islands, and a number of pastoral islets. Real property in 1880-81, 3445. Pop. 2181.
UNTHANK, place, with ruined old chapel, in Ewes parish, Dumfriesshire.
UNTHANK, burn in Avondale parish, Lanarkshire.
UPHALL, village and parish in Linlithgowshire. The village stands on Broxburn rivulet, 13J miles west-by-south of Edinburgh ; and has a post office, with money order department, designated of Linlithgowshire, a railway station, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 155 scholars. Pop. 591. The parish contains also Broxburn town, measures 4| miles by 3, and comprises 4541 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 34,331. Pop. 4812. Almond river traces all the eastern boundary. The land is boldly undulated, but not hilly. Coal, ironstone, limestone, and excellent sandstone are plentiful. The seats are Amondell, Kirkhill, Houston, and Middleton. United Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches, and a large public school, are at Broxburn.
UPLAWMOOR, village, 3J miles south of Neilston, Renfrewshire. It has a public school with about 111 scholars.
UPPAT, estate in Clyne parish, Sutherland .
UPPER BARVAS, etc.
UPPER KEITH, village in Humbie parish, Haddingtonshire. It has a post office designated of East Lothian.
UPSETLINGTON, village and ancient parish on east border of Berwickshire. The village stands on the Tweed, 7 miles north-north-east of Coldstream, and the parish is now united to Ladykirk.
URAFIRTH, bay and public school on west side of Northmaven parish, Shetland.
URCHANY, hill in Nairn parish, Nairnshire.
URCHAY.
URE, rivulet, running about 7 miles northward to the Creran in Ardchattan parish, Argyleshire.
URE, bay in Stornoway parish, Outer Hebrides.
URE, small lake, nearly united to foot of Loch Dochart, in Glendochart, Perthshire.
URIE, bay with pier in Fetlar Island, Shetland.
