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United Parishes of Urquhart and Loggie Wester

This parish, now known by the name of Urquhart, is in all
church records designated the united parishes of Urquhart and ------- A name sheet supplied
Loggie Wester; the former, comprehending the eastern, and the latter, ------- for proper spelling
the western district of the parish as now constituted. ------- of Parish Name
Urquhart derives its name, according to a tradition still current in
the place, from the first church, on the erection of the parish, having been
built by a lady of the name, Sophia Urquhart, in Gaelic, Sitheag Etrachdun.
Loggie, the name of the other parish, is a Gaelic word (Laggie, from
Lag) signifying a hollow, and is descriptive of the Situation of
the old church of that parish, the ruins of which are still to be seen ------- Shewn and Described
on the south bank of the river Conan.
From the shore and the bank of the Conan, the ground rises with a
gradual and pretty uniform slope, to the ridge of hill called the
Maolbuie. The surface is nearly regular, there being nothing to diversify ------- Written & Described
it, beyond here and there a knoll or hollow.
The Findon-burn has a fine cascade of about 20 feet, which, pouring
its waters into a yawning gorge, formed by a sudden widening
of the fissure on each side. This gloomy chasm was, in olden times,
fully believed by the common people to be the abode of some ideal
being, called in Gaelic a' Bhaobh, or a' Bhean Shith. ------- Now known as the Raven's Rock
Among the splendid mansions of gentlemen may be enumerated
Brahan Castle, Tulloch Castle, Mountgerald House, the princely ------- These names are not
Castle of Fowlis, and Novar House. ------- in this parish
In the distance, again, rises to the horizon a range of hills piled on
one another, extending in the form of a crescent for about 25 miles
commencing with the hills of Urray on the west, and terminating
in the hills of Ardross in the east. In the centre of this chain sits in
majesty Ben Wyvis, often either capped with snow, or enveloped in
mist, and resting its lofty front, as if looking down with contempt
on every pretender for elevation around it.
The river Conan pours its waters in the Firth at its western ------- Written & Described

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