Carroy, sea-loch, branching from Loch Bracadale,
Bracadale and Kilmuir pars., W. Skye island, Inver-
ness-shire ; penetrates inland 2\ miles.

Carr Rocks, reef with beacon, 1 mile NE. of Fife
Ness, E. Fifeshire.

Carrnchan, seat, Troqueer par., E. Kirkcudbright-
shire, 2 miles SW. of Dumfries.

Carruth, seat, Kilmalcolm par., NW. Renfrewshire,

2 miles NW. of Bridge of Weir sta.

Carrntkers, ancient par., Annandale, Dumfries-
shire, now forming E. section of Middlebie par.

Carrutkerstown, hamlet, Middlebie par., SE. Dum-
friesshire, 8 miles SE. of Lockerbie; P.O.

Carr YiUc, vil., in co. and 1 mile NE. of Durham.

Carryblair, ancient sculptured obelisk, Edderton
par., NE. Ross-shire.

Carrycoats, township, Thockrington par., S. North-
umberland, 6£ m. SE. of Bellingham, 1722 ac., pop. 58.

CarrydufT, hamlet, N. co. Down, 6 miles SE. of
Belfast; P.O.

Carrynacurra. See Castle Masters.

Carsalg, place with great natural arches and basaltic
colonnades, immediately W. of mouth of Loch Buy,
S. coast of Mull island, Argyllshire.

Carse.¹—small bay, in estuary of river Nith, 1 mile
N. of Kirkbean vil., SE. Kirkcudbrightshire; between
bay and channel of Nith are the Carse Sands, dan-
gerous to navigation.—2. Carse, farm, in co. and par.
of Kirkcudbright; has an ancient Caledonian fort.

Carsebridge, distillery, NE. suburbs of Alloa, Clack-
mannanshire.

Carsebnrn, vil., in co. and 1 mile NE. of Forfar.

Carsecreugh, ruined castle, Old Luce par., Wigtown-
shire, 2J? m. NE. of Glenluce; was the seat of the Earls
of Stair, and the home of the “Bride of Lammermoor.”

Carsegowan, hill, in par. and 1 mile SW. of New
Abbey, SE. Kirkcudbrightshire, alt. 593 ft.; is crowned
by the Waterloo monument.

Carsegownie, farm, Aberlemno par., mid. Forfar-
shire ; has ancient baronial mansion, modernised; has,
also, a Caledonian cairn, which, when opened, was
found to contain sarcophagi and urn.

Carse of Clackmannan, section of Carse of Forth,
on left bank of river Forth, within Clackmannanshire.

Carse of Falkirk, section of Carse of Forth, on
right bank of river Forth, between Airth in Stirling-
shire and Borrowstounness in Linlithgowshire.

Carse of Forth, fertile alluvial tract, lying along
both banks of river Forth, in cos. of Perth, Stirling,
Clackmannan, and Linlithgow; extends SE. from Gart-
more, at foot of Grampians, Stirlingshire, to Bo’ness,
Linlithgowshire; 34 miles long and 6 miles broad.

Carse of Gowrle, fertile alluvial tract, Perthshire
and Forfarshire; extends along N. bank of river Tay
from Kinnoull Hill, Perthshire, to vicinity of Dundee,
Forfarshire; 15 miles long and 2 to 4 miles broad.

Carse of Henryie, small tract in Lady par., E. side
of Sanday island, Orkney.

Carse of KlnneU, section of Carse of Falkirk, within
Borrowstounness, Linlithgowshire.

Carse of Stirling.—section of Carse of Forth, on
right bank of river Forth, from Gartmore to Airth,
Stirlingshire.—2. Carse of Stirling, name sometimes
given to those sections of Carse of Forth, on left bank
of river Forth, from Moss of Kincardine to mouth of
river Devon, within the cos. of Perth, Stirling, and
Clackmannan.

Carse Sands. See Carse.

Carsethorn, coast vil., in par. and 1 mile NE. of
Kirkbean, SE. Kirkcudbrightshire.

Carskalton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., mid. Surrey,

3 miles SW. of Croydon, 2926 ac., pop. 4841; P.O., T.o.

Carsick Hill, hamlet, 2 miles W. of Sheffield, S.

div. West-Riding Yorkshire.

Carsie, vil., 3 miles S^of Blairgowrie, Perthshire.

Carsington, par., N. Derbyshire, 2 miles W. of
Wirksworth, 1141 ac., pop. 231.

Carskey, bay and seat, S. coast of Kintyre, Argyll-
shire, 2 miles SW. of Southend.

Carslake, hamlet, in par. and 1 mile SE. of Stog-
umber, W. Somerset.

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Carse is a fertile tract of land, lying along the bank of a river.