Glengollie, a glen in the S of Durness parish, Sutherland, traversed by a stream that, rising at an altitude of 1270 feet, winds 7 1/8 miles south-south-eastward till, after a descent of 1176 feet, it unites with two other streams, at the head of Strathmore, to form the river Hope. It is sung by the poet Donn as a favourite hunting-ground.Ord. Sur., shs. 114, 109, 1880.
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