Identifier : imperialgazettscv2wils ( find matches )
Title : The imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of Scottish geography, physical, statistical, and historical
Year : 1868 ( 1860s )
Authors : Wilson, John Marius
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Publisher : London A. Fullarton
Contributing Library : National Library of Scotland
Digitizing Sponsor : National Library of Scotland

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an alti-tude of 1,498 feet above the level of the sea. TheKipps-hills, the Knock-hills, and the Drumcross-hills, all form conspicuous parts of this range, butdo not rise to any great elevation. Cocklerue, orCuckold le Roi, near its west end, is one of its prin-cipal summits, yet attains a height of only 500 feet.More noticeable eminences, because delightfullypicturesque, are variously distributed throughoutthe northern parts of the county along the Forth.The most conspicuous are Mons-hill, Craigie-hill,and Dundas-hill in Dalmeny, Craigton-hill andBinns-hill in Abercorn, and Irongarth in the parishof Linlithgow. All the heights of the county com-mand uncommonly varied and pleasing views of theLothians,—of Stirlingshire,—of the fine expanse ofthe Forth, with its shores receding in gentle andundulating slopes, sprinkled with the seats of thenobility and gentry, and richly ornamented withw00d,—of the varied and fine southern exposure cfFifeshire, —and of dimly-seen mountain-ranges
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LINLITHGOWSHIRE. 343 LINLITHGOWSHIRE. forming a serrated sky-line in the far perspective.The middle ami western districts of the county arethe most hilly; the northern are the most beautiful,and become at intervals nearly luscious in theirsweetness; the southern are the most tame andleast valuable, containing much moorland andmorass, and swelling into few considerable or plea-sant rising grounds. The principal streams of the count) are the Al-mond, across its southern division and along itssouth-eastern boundary, and the Avon 12 milesalong its western boundary. Logie-water, a tribu-tary of the Avon in Torphichen parish, drains muchof the western division, through its head - waters,Barbauchlaw-burn and Ballencrieft-water. Brox-burn, and several smaller streamlets, drain the east-ern division, and run into the Almond. Nether-mill-burn, Dolphinston-burn, and some tiny brooks,run northward to the Forth. The streams are suf-ficient for the purposes of draining and irrigation,and enrich

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