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———OCHTERTYKEvalued at £1231, 7s. per annum. Orel. Sm:, sh. 39,1869.Ochtertyre, a mansion in Monzievaird parish, UpperStrathearn, Perthshire, 3 miles NW of Crieff. It standson a skirt of the Grampians, sloping southward toOchtertyre Lake (4Jx IJ furl.), and is a plain but commodiousmodern edifice, with a finely wooded park,which both contains and commands many views ofexquisite beauty. Patrick Moray, the first of Ochtertyre,who died in 1476, was the third son of SirDavid Moray of TuUibardine ; and William, his eighthdescendant, was created a baronet in 1673. Sir PatrickKeith Murray, present and eighth Bart. (b. 1835 ; sue.1861), is fifteenth in direct descent from the first laird ofOchtertyre. He holds 17,876 acres in the shire, valuedat £11,051 per annum.— Orrf. Sur., sh. 47, 1869. SeeMonzievaird, and chap, xxxvii. of Thomas Hunter'sJFoods and Estates of Perthshire (Perth, 1883).Ockraquay, a village on the E coast of Dunrossnessparish, Shetland, 10 miles SSW of Lerwick.Odin's or Lord Lovat's Cave, a cavern in LagganPoint, at the E side of Loch Buy, Mull island, Argyllshire,17 miles WSW of Oban. It measures 300 feetin length, from 20 to 45 in width, and from 40 to120 in height ; and leads, by a narrow, difficult, descendingpassage, to another cave, 150 feet long, 12wide, and 24 high.Oich, a loch and a rivulet of Kilmonivaig andBoleskine parishes, in the Great Glen, Inverness-shire.Lying 105 feet above sea-level, between Lochs Ness andLochy, the lake has a length from SSW to NNE of SyVmiles, whilst its breadth varies between 1 and 2J furlongs.It forms the summit-level of the CaledonianCanal navigation ; is gemmed with two wooded islets,and encircled by verdant banks and picturesque hiUs ;receives, on its western side, the tribute of the Gakry ;and at Invergarrt commands a romantic vista viewinto Glengarry. Its waters are so stored with salmon,trout, and pike, as to aflford prime sport to anglers.The rivulet, issuing from the foot of the lake, runs 6 jmiles north-north-eastward to Loch Ness (50 feet) atFort Augustus. It is flanked by low rocky heath-cladhills, and yields capital salmon and trout fishing. Ord.Sm:, shs. 63, 73, 1873-78.Oikell, a river of Sutherland and Eoss-shire, rising atan altitude of 1500 feet above sea-level, and running35J miles south-south-westward and east-by-southwardalong the mutual border of Creicb parish in Sutherlandand Kincardine in Eoss-shire, through Loch Ailsh(7 X 4§ furl. ; 498 feet) and the Kyle of Sutherland,till it falls at Bonar-Bridge into the head of the DornochFirth, which, strictly .speaking, is its estuary. TheOikeU's principal tributaries are the Cassley and Shinon its left bank, and the Einig and Caeron on itsright. Several hundred yards above the inn of Oikell-Bridge, which is 18J miles WNW of Bonar-Bridge and18 WSW of Lairg station, the Oikell, tumbling along arugged and decUvitous channel, makes a series of wildcataracts, which terminate in one bold and very formidablefall. The banks which overhang this multipliedlinn are quite precipitous, and exhibit from theircrevices, at spots where no soil can be detected by theeye, several large fir trees springing up from curiouslyOLDHAMSTOCKtwisted roots. For several miles below this point, thai-aleof the stream, or Strathoikell, is flanked by heathcladhills, whose dreariness is relieved only by occasionalclumps of stunted birch and a few verdant meadowson the margin of the stream. Three miles above theinflux of the Cassley, an impetuous burn tumbles headlonginto the vale ;and at a brief distance from itsmouth rises an elevated grassy bank, which is crownedby a burying-ground. This part of the vale is calledTuitean-'Tharbhach ('fertile fall of slaughter')—a namewhich alludes to a fierce onslaught, towards the close ofthe 14th century, on a freebooting party of the Macleodsof Lewis by a body of the men of Sutherland.From Tuitean-Tharbhach to the Cassley the streamruns tortuously along a winding strath ; and, whilemarkedly Highland in its screens, has a profusion ofbirch and alder coppice upon its immediate banks, and,in one place, is overhung by a forest of firs. At thejunction of the Cassley a fine view is obtained of RosehallHouse, embosomed in extensive woods, near thefoot of Glen-Cassley, and of the old walls of Castle-na-Coir, situated in a meadow on the left bank of theOikell. The river is navigable by boats from the seato Rosehall, and brings up the tide to a point only IJmile lower down. The united waters of the Oikell andthe Cassley form a fine large river, and make a welldefinedboundaiy-line between Ross and Sutherland.The strath, down to Bonar-Bridge at the head of thefirth, is everywhere beautiful, and forms part of theancient district of Ferrinbusklyne or Sleischillis, whiclithe bishops of Caithness obtained in the 12th centuryas a gift from the Earls of Sutherland. From Rosehallto about 3 miles above the influx of the Shin, it formson the one side a craggy barrier, and on the other a lowexpanse of continued forest, and winds perpetually inits progress ; lower down are broad meadows along theedge of the stream, pretty clumps of coppices on thedeclivities, and groups and sprinklings of neat stoneOdinswlck. See Otterswiok.Ogilface, an ancient baronial fortalice in Torphichenparish, Linlithgow, 3J miles W of Bathgate. Itbelonged to the ancient family of De Bosco, Barons ofOgilface ;passed to the Earls of Linlithgow ; seems tohave been a structure of some strength, but of no greatsize ; and is now represented by only traces of thefoundations.Ogilvie. See Glenogilvie.Ogilvie, a ruined castle in Blackford parish, Perthshire,on a part of the Ochil Hills, called from it theBraes of Ogilvie, 1 mile SE of Blackford village. It cottages picturesquely perched upon rocky heights. Theappears to have been a place of great strength, both in Oikell yields capital salmon and trout fishing. Ord.structure and in position.Sur., sh. 102, 1881.Ogle. See Glenogle.Oisinneaoh, Lochan. See Dowally.Ogstoun. See Drainib.Old Aberdeen, etc. See Aberdeen, Old, etc.Oldany. See Oldney.Oldhamstock (anc. Aldhamstoc, ' old dwelling-place '),a village of E Haddingtonshire, and a parish partly alsoin Berwickshire. The village stands on the left bank ofOldhamstock Burn, 3 miles S of Innerwick station, 18JE by S of Haddington, and SJ W by S of Cockburnspath,under which it has a post office. It contains the parishchurch of Oldhamstock, an ancient edifice, the Freechurch of Cockburnspath, and a public school ; and fairsare held here on the last Thursday of July and September.The parish, containing also the village of Bilsdean,consists of a main body, chiefly in Haddingtonshire,partly in Berwickshire, and a detached section entirelyin Berwickshire. The main body is bounded NE by theGerman Ocean, E by Cockburnspath, S by Abbey StBathans, and SW and NW by Innerwick. Its utmostlength, from NE to SW, is 5| miles ; its width variesbetween 74 furlongs and 2J miles ;and its area is 7530acres, of which llOf are foreshore, and 927J (in theextreme S) belong to Berwickshire. The detachedsection, containing Grant's House station, lies If mileE of the nearest point of the main body, and is boundedNW by Cockburnspath, NE and SE by Coldingham,and SW by Abbey St Bathans. Its utmost length,from E to W, is 2 J miles ; its utmost breadth is 1| mile ;and its area is 1419f acres. Oldhamstock Burn,drawing head-streams from Innerwick, winds 2f mileseast-by-northward across the interior to Berwick orDuNGLASS Burn, which runs 4-J miles north-northeastwardalong the Berwickshire border to the sea,through the deep wooded ravine of Dunglass Dean.Monynut Water, a tributary of the Whitadder, runs 2Jmiles south-eastward along the south-western boundary ;and Eye Water meanders 34 miles along all the southwesternand south-eastern sides of the detached district,129