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CLELAND, town on the South Calder, 3f miles south-east of Holytown, Lanarkshire. It has a post office under Motherwell, a railway station, extensive iron-works, a Free church, a Eoman Catholic church of 1877, and a public school with about 195 scholars, and is near an Established church projected in 1877. Pop., with Omoa, 1503. Cleland House, in its vicinity, crowns a cliff on the South Calder's right bank ; and a large cave, said to have been a hiding-place in the times of Robert Bruce and of the Covenanters, is in the cliff.

CLEMENT (ST.), quoad sacra parish in Aberdeen. Pop. 7528.

CLEMENT (ST.), quoad sacra parish in Dundee. Pop. 5682.

CLERKINGTON, seat on the Tyne, 1J mile south-south-west of Haddington.

CLERKSTON.

CLERMISTON, seat near Corstorphine, Edinburghshire.

CLESHAM, mountain, 2662 feet high, in north of Harris, Outer Hebrides.

CLETT, insulated rock, about 400 feet high, adjacent to Holborn Head, Caithness.

CLEUGH, burn, traversing romantic glen, and making fine cascades, in Sorn parish, Ayrshire.

CLEUGHBRAE, hamlet in Mouswald parish, Dumfriesshire.

CLEUGHEARN, a seat of the Earl of Eglinton, on Calder river, in East Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire.

CLEUGHHEADS, hill, with vestiges of two Koinan camps, in Applegarth parish, Dumfriesshire.

CLEUGHHOUSE, burn in Keir parish, Dumfriesshire.

CLICKAMIER, lake, with island crowned by Scandinavian tower, near Lerwick, Shetland.

CLIFF, hill in Quarff parish, Shetland.

CLIFF, loch, 3 miles long, in Unst Island, Shetland.

CLIFF, sound, 8J miles long, between Burra Islands and Mainland, Shetland.

CLIFFDALE, seat in Shapinshay Island, Orkney.

CLIFTON, mining village near Tyndrum, Perthshire.

CLIFTON, hamlet in Kirkliston parish, Linlithgowshire.

CLIFTON, hill, quondam village, and ancient chapelry, in Morebattle parish, Roxburghshire.

CLIFTON-HALL, estate in Kirkliston parish, Linlithgowshire.

CLIFTON-PARK, seat in Linton parish, Roxburghshire.

CLIMPY, coal-field in Carnwath parish, Lanarkshire.

CLINTMAINS, hamlet in Merton parish, Berwickshire. It has a post office under Newton St. Boswells.

CLINTS, hill in Channelkirk parish, Berwickshire.

CLINTS, lofty hill in Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

CLINTWOOD, quondam strong castle, on Flight farm, in Castleton parish, Roxburghshire.

CLIPPENS, seat in Kilbarchan parish, Renfrewshire.

CLIPPENS-SQUARE, village in Kilbav-chan parish, Renfrewshire. Pop. 674.

CLISHEIM.

CLOAK, quondam castle in Lochwinnoch parish, Renfrewshire.

CLOBER, seat in New Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire.

CLOCH, small headland, with fine view, at sudden bend of Firth of Clyde, 2f miles west-south-west of Kempock Point, at Gourock, Renfrewshire. A circular light-house, 76 feet high, is on it, and shows a fixed white light.

CLOCHAN, place near Fochabers railway station, Elginshire. It has a post office under Fochabers.

CLOCHCAN, hamlet in Old Deer parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a public school with about 135 scholars.

CLOCHFOLDICH, seat on the Tay, be-tween Logierait and Weem, Perthshire.

CLOCHODERICK, farm, with ancient stone 22 feet long, 17 feet broad, and 12 feet high, in Kilbarchan parish, Renfrewshire.

CLOCKSBRIGGS, railway station, 2J miles north-east of Forfar.

CLOGHILL, seat in Newhills parish, Aberdeenshire.

CLOLA, hamlet in Old Deer parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen, and a Free church.

CLONAIG, hamlet in Saddell parish, Kintyre, Argyleshire. It has an Established church and a public school.

CLONCAIRD, old seat, with modern front, in Kirkmichael parish, Ayrshire.

CLOON, hill, 5| miles west-by-north of Kinross.

CLOSEBURN, village and parish in Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire. The village stands 2J miles south-south-east of Thornhill, and has a post office under Thornhill, a railway station, an inn, a mineral spring, an Established church, a Free church, and a public school with about 65 scholars. The parish measures 10 miles in length, and nearly 1\ in greatest breadth, and comprises 29,102 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 18,334. Pop. 1505. The Nith traces most of the south-western boundary ; the Cample most of the western ; and the Ae most of the eastern. The surface near the Nith is rich, low valley ; farther up is j slightly diversified arable plain; in the I centre is an expanse of moor, partly reclaimed ; in the north is part of the Southern Highlands, culminating on Queensberry. A striking natural feature is Crichup linn. Limestone abounds, and is largely worked. Closeburn Hall is a fine Grecian mansion, and Closeburn Castle is a well-preserved ancient baronial tower. "Wallace Hall is a large notable endowed school.


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