Gazetteer of Scotland

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BOW, coast cave in Fordyce parish,
Banffshire.
BOWBEAT, summit of Moorfoot Hills,
2049 feet high, in Temple parish, Edin-
burghshire.
BOWDEN, village and parish in north-
west of Roxburghshire. The village stands
3 miles south of Melrose, and has a post
office under Newton St. Boswells, an
ancient cross, a beautiful fountain, a
partly ancient parochial church, and a
public school with about 92 scholars.
The parish contains Midlem village, and
is about 6 miles long, and ih miles broad.
Acres, 7667. Real property in 1880-81,
£9147. Pop. 769. The surface includes
about one-half of the Eildon Hills, and
descends thence in a series of alternate
parallel ridges and vales to Ale river.
The seats are Cavers Carre, Linthill, and
Kippilaw ; and the antiquities are vestiges
of ancient camps, remains of an ancient
military road , and the site of the strong noble
f ortalice of Holydean. There are 3 schools,
with accommodation for 247 scholars.
BOWDEN, hill, with traces of ancient
camp, in Torphichen parish, Linlithgow-
shire.
BOWER, parish, with railway station,
11J miles west-north-west of Wick, Caith-
ness. It has a post office under Halkirk.
Its length is 7 miles, its breadth 4 miles.
Real property in 1880-81, £9113. Pop.
1608. Two eminences and two lakes
diversify the surface ; and one of the
former is crowned by a Scandinavian rude
round tower, and commands an extensive
view. The churches are Established and
Free. There are 4 schools for 399 scholars,
and 3 of them and an enlargement for
335 are new.
BOWER, vestige of ancient royal hunt-
ing-seat on the Clyde, in Lamington parish,
Lanarkshire.
BOWERHOPE, mountain in Yarrow
parish, Selkirkshire.
BOWERHOUSES, seat in Spott parish,
Haddingtonshire.
BOWERMADDEN,estateinBowerparish,
Caithness.
BOWHILL, a seat of the Duke of
Buccleuch, on the Yarrow, 3 miles west
of Selkirk.
BOWHOUSE, railway station, 6J miles
south-west of Borrowstownness.
BOWLAND, seat in Stow parish, Edin-
burghshire.
BOWLAND BRIDGE, railway station, 3
miles south-south-east of Stow village,
Edinburghshire.
BOWLING, or BOWLING BAY, viUage on
the Clyde, at exit of Forth and Clyde
Canal, 3| miles east-south-east of Dum-
barton. It has a post office, with money
order and telegraph departments, under
Glasgow, a railway station, a hotel,
wharves, a shipbuilding yard, and a
public school with about 121 scholars.
Pop. 6S7.
BOWMONT. See Beaumont.
BOWMORE, seaport village, near head
of Lochindaal, Islay Island, Argyleshire.
It has a post office, with money order and
telegraph departments, under Greenock,
a large distillery, a Free church, a Baptist
chapel, and a public school with about
182 scholars. Pop. 823.
BOW OF FIFE, place, about a mile from
Cupar, Fife. It has a post office under
Cupar.
BOWRIEFAULD, village in Dunnichen
parish, Forfarshire.
BOYNDIE, seaside parish, contiguous
to Banff parish, Banffshire. It contains
Whitehills village, with post office under
Banff, and is about 7 miles long, and
nearly 3 miles broad. Acres, 6945. Real
property in 1S80-81, £8117. Pop., quoad
civilia, 2004 ; quoad sacra, 1801. The
coast is chiefly rocky ; and the interior is
partly a fine valley traversed by Boyndie
rivulet to the sea, and partly flat low
plateau. Chief objects are Boyne Castle,
and 3 ancient Caledonian stone circles.
The churches are Established and Free ;
and there are 2 new public schools for 280
scholars.
BOYNDLIE, seat in Tyrie parish, Aber-
deenshire.
BOYNE, rivulet and old castle in north
of Banffshire. The rivulet runs about 8
miles to the sea, at 4f miles west of Banff ;
and the castle crowns a crag near the
rivulet's mouth, was once a noble seat,
and is now a tolerably well-preserved
ruin.
BOYSACK, hamlet in Inverkeilor parish,
Forfarshire.
BRAAL, large, strong, ancient castle in
Halkirk parish, Caithness.
BRAAMBURY, headland, near Brora,
Sutherland.
BRAAN. See Bean.
BRABLOCH, seat near Paisley, Renfrew-
shire.
BRABSTER, seat in Canisbay parish,
Caithness.
BRABSTERDORRAN, estate in Bower
parish, Caithness.
BRACADALE, parish in south-west
of Skye, Inverness-shire. It contains
Struan hamlet, with post office under
Portree ; includes Minginish district,
and Soay and Wiay Islands, and is about
20 miles long and 8 miles broad. Real
property in 1880-81, £6734. Pop. 929.
The coast is partly flat, but mostly high
and rocky, and is cut by Lochs Bracadale,
Eynort, Brittle, and Scavaig. Loch Braca-
dale extends 7§ miles north-eastward,
with, mean breadth of about 4 miles, has
numerous islets, bays, and offsets, and is
flanked on much of its south-east side by
mural cavernous cliffs, terminating in the
bold lofty headland of Taliskar. The interior
includes part of Cuchullin Mountains, and
is elsewhere a diversity of hill and vale.
The churches are Established and Free,
and there are 4 new jiublic schools for 182
scholars.