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WARDLAW, ancient parish, now part of Kirkhill, Inverness-shire.

WARDLAW, hill in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire.

WARDLAW, mountain, 1950 feet high, in Ettrick parish, Selkirkshire.

WARDLAWBANK, hill, with Caledonian camp, in Coldingham parish, Berwickshire.

WARDMILL, hill in St. Vigeana parish, Forfarshire.

WARDYKES, place, with Roman camp, in position to command the Caledonian fort of Caterthun, in Menmuir parish, Forfarshire.

WARKLAW, hill, with remains of Roman station, in Currie parish, Edinburghshire.

WARMANBIE, seat near Annan, Dumfriesshire.

WARNESS, headland in south-west of Eday Island, Orkney.

WART, hill, with extensive view, in Shapinshay Island, Orkney.

WART, hill, with extensive view, in Orphir parish, Orkney.

WARTHILL, village in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen,and a rail way station. Warthill House is in the vicinity.

WARWICKHILL, village and seat in Dreghorn parish, Ayrshire. The village has a public school with about 130 scholars.

WASBISTER, place, with public school, in Rousay parish, Orkney.

WASHING-PAN, cascade on Wamphray rivulet, Dumfriesshire.

WASHINGTON, village in Coupar-Angus parish, Perthshire.

WATCHMAN'S, hill, with fine view, in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire.

WATCHMAN'S, Inverness-shire.

WATERBECK, village in Middlebie parish, Dumfriesshire. It has a post office under Ecclefechan, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school.

WATERESK, reach of South Esk's valley in Cortachy parish, Forfarshire.

WATERFOOT, harbour at mouth of Annan river, Dumfriesshire.

WATERFOOT, place at confluence of Main and Cross rivulets in New Luce parish, Wigtonshire.

WATERHAUGHS, place in Galston parish, Ayrshire.

WATERHEAD, place at confluence of two head-streams of river Nith, in New Cumnock parish, Ayrshire.

WATERLOO, village in Auchtergaven parish, Perthshire.

WATERLOO, village in Cambusnethan parish, Lanarkshire. Pop. 855.

WATERNISH.

WATER-OF-AYR.

WATER-OF-LEITH.

WATERSAY.

WATERSIDE, village in Fenwick parish, Ayrshire. It has a post office under Kilmarnock.

WATERSIDE, town, with railway station, 11 miles south-west of Ayr. It was founded in 1847 in connection with Dalmellington ironworks. Pop. 1473

WATERSIDE, village in Kirkintilloch parish, Dumbartonshire. Pop. 420

WATERSIDE, place, with public school, in Edzell parish, Forfarshire.

WATERTON, hamlet and seat in Newhills parish, Aberdeenshire.

WATERTON, hamlet in Echt parish, Aberdeenshire.

WATH, sluggish stream, going south-south-westward to the Lochar at 5 miles south-east of Dumfries.

WATLING STREET, Roman road from England to east end of Antoninus' Wall in Scotland. It enters Scotland near the sources of Coquet river ; goes north-west-ward to the Teviot near influx of the Jed ; proceeds thence north-north-westward to the Tweed in vicinity of Melrose ; crosses the Tweed there and goes thence up Lauderdale to Soutra Hill ; proceeds north-westward to Firth of Forth at Cramond ; crosses the Almond there and goes along the coast to Carriden. Considerable reaches of it continue to be distinct in vicinity of Oxnam, in vicinity of Bonjedward, and in upper part of Lauderdale. Another Roman road, sometimes called Watling Street, went up Annandale, crossed into Crawford, and went down the valley of the Clyde.

WATLY, lake in Unst Island, Shetland.

WATSTON, lake in Kilmadock parish, Perthshire.

WATSWICK, bay on south-west coast of Unst, Shetland.

WATTEN, hamlet and parish in Caithness. The hamlet lies 8 miles west-by-north of Wick, and has a post office designated of Caithness-shire, a railway station, Established and Free churches, and a public school. The parish measures 10 miles by 8, and comprises 30,579 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7598. Pop. 1406. Part of the surface is low, some of it less than 25 feet above sea-level ; part is undulating, but nowhere hilly ; part is deep flow moss ; and part is occupied by Watten and Toftingall lakes, respectively about 8 and about 5 miles in circuit. The seats are Strath and Toftingall ; and the chief antiquities are remains of many Scandinavian dunes. There are 3 schools for 284 scholars, and 2 of them for 182 are new.

WATTSTON, village in New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire. Pop. 324.

WAUCHOPE, rivulet, ruined castle, and ancient parish in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. The rivulet runs about 7 miles south-south-eastward and east-north-eastward to the Esk at Langholm. The castle crowns a precipice adjacent to the rivulet, and was once a structure of great strength. The parish is now annexed to Langholm.

WAUCHOPE, burn and vestiges of ancient camp in Hobkirk parish, Roxburghshire.


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