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Kallocli (An Teallacli), mountain, Lochbroom par.,
NW. Ross and Cromarty, alt. 3483 ft. See
Challich.

Kainaderry, mountain, Wicklow. See Coma derry.

Kamanelgh, ravine, near Glengarriff, SW. co. Cork.

Kaine of Hoy, N. point of the Hoy Cliffs, Hoy
island, Orkney; is said to bear a resemblance to the
profile of Sir Walter Scott.

Kamcs.—vil. with inn and pier, Kilfinan par., Cowall,
Argyllshire, on Kyles of Bute, 14 mile SW. of Tighna-
bruaich; P.O.; in vicinity are Kames Powder Mills.

■—2. Karnes, seat, Eccles par., S. Berwickshire, 5 miles
E. of Greenlaw; was the birthplace and residence of
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782), Scottish philo-
sopher and jurist.—3. Kames, hamlet, in par. and 1
mile S. of Liberton, Edinburghshire.

Kames, Mid, and Kames, West, adjacent hamlets,
Glassary par., Argyllshire, on Loch Fyne, 54 miles SW.
of Minard.

Kames Castle, seat, property of the Marquis of
Bute, Bute island, Firth of Clyde, at SE. base of
Kames Hill (875 ft.), and on Kames Bay, 24 miles NW.
of Rothesay; was long the residence of the Bannatynes
of Kames, and comprises a 14th century tower; was
also the birthplace of John Sterling (1806-1844), whose
biography is written by Carlyle; in NW. vicinity is
Wester Kames Castle, ruined tower, once a seat of
the Spences.

Kamesburgh, viL, Bute isl. See Port Bannatyne.

Kanaird, river, NW. Ross and Cromarty; flows W.
through Strath Kanaird to Loch Broom, opposite Isle
Martin.

Kane, par., N. co. Louth, 3 miles NW. of Dundalk,
749 ac., pop. 244.

Kanezia, vil., Breage par., Cornwall, 4 miles NW.
of Helston.

Kanturk, market town and ry. sta. (at Banteer, 34
miles S.), Clonfert, Kilroe, and Castlemagner pars., N.
co. Cork, on rivers Allua and Dallua, 24 miles NAV.
of Cork, pop. 1859;
P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-day,
Saturday. Kanturk gives the title of viscount to the
Earl of Egmont.

Kanvy (or Gavenny) Brook, stream, Monmouth-
shire ; flows into the Usk near Abergavenny.

Karl Lofts, remarkable antiquity, AVestmorland, 2
miles S. of Shap; was originally an area 4 mile long,
and from 30 to 60 ft. wide, enclosed by lines of unhewn
granite blocks of great size; it is now intersected by
the Lancashire and Carlisle Railway.

Kate HUl, eccl. dist., Dudley par., Worcestershire,
pop. 5684; P.O.

Kate’s Mill, paper-works, Colinton par., Edinburgh-
shire, on Water of Leith, 1 mile SW. of Slateford.

Kates bridge, ry. sta., 5 miles SE. of Banbridge, S.
co. Down; P.O.

Katrine, Loch, Callander and Aberfoyle pars.,
Perthshire, and Buchanan par., Stirlingshire; is 8
miles long, J mile of average breadth, 364 ft. above
sea level, and 468 ft. deep ; is traversed by a steamer
from Stronaehlachar (5 miles E. of Inversnaid on Loch
Lomond), to a pier at the foot of the loch (1J mile W.
of Trossachs Hotel and 94 miles W. of Callander); has
abundance of pike and trout. Loch Katrine is the chief
scene of Scott’s
Lady of the Lake ; it is also the source
of the water supply of Glasgow.

Kavogue, rivulet, E. co. Kerry; flows into the
Upper Lake of Killarney.

Kay, Lough, at the mouth of Yalentia Harbour,
SAV. co. Kerry.

Kaystone Valley, at High Hartsop Dodd, Westmor-
land, 6 miles NE. of Ambleside.

Kea, par., Cornwall, 2 miles SW. of Truro, 6759 ac.,
pop. 2470; has tin and copper mines.

Keadby, township and vil., Althorpe par., Lincoln-
shire, on river Trent, 4 miles SE. of Crowle, pop.
575;
P.O.

Keadeen, mountain, 5 miles S. of Donard, W. co.
Wicklow, alt. 2143 ft.

Keadew, vil., Kilronan par., N. co. Roscommon, 9 m.
NE. of Boyle, pop. 164;
P.O., called Keadne, 1 Bank.

Keady, town, township, and par., in co. and 8 miles
SW. of Armagh, on rivers Keady and Callan—par.,
15,350 ac., pop. 7256; township, 212 ac., pop. 1598;
P.O., T.o., 2 Banks. Market-day,
Friday. The mfr. and
bleaching of linen is carried on in the neighbourhood to
a considerable extent; there are corn and flax-mills in
the town.



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