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Identifier: topographicalsv21848scot (find matches)
Title: The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Scotland. (Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.)
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Publisher: Edinburgh : A. Fullarton and Co.
Contributing Library: National Library of Scotland
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d atile-work, a bone-mill, a flax spinning-mill, and aniron-foundery. It has seven annual fairs, viz., onthe 2d Wednesday in April, O.S.; the 2d Wednes-day in June, and the 1st and last Wednesday in July jthe 3d Wednesday in August; the 3d Wednesday inSeptember; and 3d Wednesday in October. TheCommercial bank has a branch here. See Scoonie. LEVEN-CASTLE. See Innerkip. LEVEN (Loch),-J* a beautiful expanse of water,f * The name, Lochleven, finely discriminates its gentle im-agery, L/wa, Brit., Loch, Gall., signify a lake, an inlet ofthe sea, a large diffusion of inland water. Lh/vn, Llyvyn,BtiiT., smooth, even, level; Leamhain, Gael., ink as v,smooth, plain,even ; Llwc-LIyvn, Loch-Ledvain, the lakeof the tranquil or waveleas water.1 Perhaps from Llioyven,Brit., an elm, or Lfwyvin, belonging to, or abounding withelm-trees, Loch-Leven may have been denominated * the Lakeof Elms;* and, probably, of old, these trees may have been nu-merous on its snores.—Kennedys Gtcnuchel^ voL i. p. 1-lL
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X ^ 5 v< 1 LOCH-LEVEN. 259 in the immediate neighbourhood of the burgh of Kin-ross, and in the south-east quarter of the small shire ofthat name. Its circumference is about 10 or 11 miles;and its bosom is studded with several little islands,which break the uniformity of its surface and increaseits beauty. The general character of the scenerywhich surrounds it is soft and gentle, and not alto-gether deficient in variety. The vale of Kinrossenvirons it on the west and north-west, with all itsvariety of plantations, arable and pasture-fields, plea-sure-grounds and other materials of rural beauty.On this side, also, close to the margin of the lake,are seen the ancient town of Kinross, and Kinross-house, with its adjacent garden and grounds : seeKinross. About a mile east from this, also nearthe lake, are the ruins of Burleigh-castle : whichsee. The plain of Orwell bounds the lake on thenorth ; the western termination of the Lomond-hillson the north-east; and the hill of Bennarty on the

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