A topographical Dictionary of Scotland ... and an elegant sheet map |
Common terms and phrases
abbey Aberdeen Aberdeenshire acres ancient annually arable Argyllshire banks beautiful black cattle bolls bounded breadth broad built burgh of barony Caithness called church clay Clyde coal coast considerable contains covered with heath crops cultivated Cupar district Earl Edinburgh elegant erected excellent extends feet fertile firlot firth fishing formerly freestone frith Glasgow ground half a mile harbour Hebrides hills hilly inhabitants Inverness Inverness-shire isle James King land lately limestone loam Loch Lord lying manufacture Mid Lothian miles in length miles long Moray moss mountains nearly Orkney parish partly pasture Perth Perthshire plantations Population in 1801 quarries rich rish rivulet road rock rocky Ross-shire royal burgh ruins salmon Scotish Scotland Scots seat sheep shire side situated small island small river small village soil square square miles stone surface tains takes its rise tion town trout valley vessels