Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . ew public schools, Old and West, withive accommodation for 289 and 68 children, had(1884) an average attendance of 147 and 63, and grantsof £92, 10s. 8d. and £30, 17s. 8d. Valuation (1860)£4918, (1885) £5314, 16s. 8d. Pop. (1801) 1343, (1831)1809, (1861) 2269, (1871) 2182, (1881) 1878, of whom1244 were Gaelic-speaking.— Ord. Sur., sh. 94, 1878. Tarbat House, the seat of Viscount Tarbat, in Kil-muir-Easter parish, Ross and Cromarty, near the NWside of Nigg Bay, and 7 furlongs SSE of Hild
Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . ew public schools, Old and West, withive accommodation for 289 and 68 children, had(1884) an average attendance of 147 and 63, and grantsof £92, 10s. 8d. and £30, 17s. 8d. Valuation (1860)£4918, (1885) £5314, 16s. 8d. Pop. (1801) 1343, (1831)1809, (1861) 2269, (1871) 2182, (1881) 1878, of whom1244 were Gaelic-speaking.— Ord. Sur., sh. 94, 1878. Tarbat House, the seat of Viscount Tarbat, in Kil-muir-Easter parish, Ross and Cromarty, near the NWside of Nigg Bay, and 7 furlongs SSE of It was built by John, Lord Macleod, in thelatter part of the 18th century, and his stately avenuesand beautiful gardens. New Tarbat Castle, once tlieseat of the Earls of Cromarty, stood near the site of thepresent mansion, and was a stately, turreted edifice, Coilsfield, Tarbolton, Ayrshire (now Montgoinerie). The Mansion of Colonel Hugh Montgomery, afterwardsEarl of Eglinton, where Burnss Highland Mary served as dairymaid. Ye banks and braes, and streams aroundThe castle o TARBERT TARBOLTON which fell into dilapidation after the third Earlsforfeiture in 1746, and has left some remains. SeeCkomakty.— Ord. Sur., sh. 94, 1878. Tarbert, a village and small seaport in the parishesof Kilcalmonell and South Knapdale, Argyllshire, 35miles NNE of Campbeltown and 13J S of stands at the E end of the isthmus between East LochTarbert and West Loch Tarbert, separating the penin-sula of Kintyre from the district of Jinapdale. Thatisthmus is only 1£ mile across, and was anciently pro-tected by three castles—one in the centre, one at thehead of the West Loch, and one on the S side of theEast Loch. The ruin of the last of these castles stillexists, in grouping with the village, and is the subjectof curious popular traditions. The village probablyarose under protection of the castle—at all events it is aplace of much antiquity ; and it is so
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