Gazetteer of Scotland

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COLLESSIE, village and palish in north-
west of Fife. The village stands 4J miles
south-east-by-south of Newburgh, and has
a post office under Ladybank, a railway
station, an old Established church, a Free
church of 1876, and a public school with
about 146 scholars. The parish contains
also the villages of Ladybank, Monkston,
Edenton, Giffordton, and Kinloch. Its
length is 6 miles ; its greatest breadth
3J miles ; its area 8699 acres. Real pro-
perty in 18S0-81, £13,182. Pop. 1989.
The river Eden traces the southern bound-
ary. The land thence, and through the
centre, is flat, but in the north and north-
west slopes upward to a bordering range of
heights. The chief seats are Rankeilor,
Pitlair, Kinloch, Lochiehead, and Rossie ;
and the chief antiquities are remains of 2
castles, thought to have been erected for
defending the pass from Perth to Central
Fife. There are 3 schools with accommo-
dation for 516 scholars, and a class-room in
1 of them with accommodation for 100 is
new.
COLLIEMORE, lofty hill on boundary of
Blairgowrie parish, Perthshire.
COLLIESTON, estate in Dunscore parish,
Dumfriesshire.
COLLIN, field of battle between the
Scotch and the Danes, near Scone, Perth-
shire.
COLLIN, seat in Rerrick parish, Kirk-
cudbrightshire.
COLLIN, village, 3J miles east of Dum-
fries. It has a post office under Dumfries,
and a public school with about 123 scholars.
Pop. 309.
COLLISTON, village, on romantic bay,
in Slains parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a
post office under Ellon, and is chiefly a
fishing place, but also a resort of summer
visitors. Pop. 421.
COLLISTON, village and quoad sacra
parish, 3^ miles north-west of Arbroath,
Forfarshire. The village has a railway
station, an Established church, a Free
church, and a public school with about 72
scholars. Colliston House, near the village,
is said to have been built by Cardinal
Beaton. The quoad sacra parish was con-
stituted in 1876. Pop. 659.
COLLOCKBURN, one of the villages or
sections of Cambuslang town, Lanark-
shire.
COLLUTHIE, old seat in Moonzie parish,
Fife.
COLMELLIE, place, with 2 ancient
Caledonian stone circles, on skirt of Mount
Battock, in Edzell parish, Forfarshire.
COLMONELL, village and parish in
Carrick district, Ayrshire. The village
stands on Stinchar river, 7J miles south of
Girvan, and has a post office under Girvan,
an Established church, a Free church, a
United Original Secession church, and a
public school with about 132 scholars.
— The parish contains also the village
of Barrhill, and the hamlets of Pinwherry
and Lendalfoot. Its length is about 19
miles; its greatest breadth about 7 miles; its
area 47,490 acres. Real property in 1880-
81, £25,502. Pop., quoad civilia, 2191 ;
quoad sacra, 1132. The surface is an
assemblage of vales and hills, and rises no-
where higher than about 700 feet above sea-
level. The chief seats are Knockdolian,
Dalgerrock, Ballochmorie, Drumlamford,
and Penmore ; and the chief antiquities are
cairns, forts, and ruined Craigneil Castle.
An Established church is at Arnsheen, and
a Free church is at Barrhill. 6 schools
for 496 scholars are within the parish, and
1 of them for 60 is new.
COLMSLIE, hill in Melrose parish, Rox-
burghshire.
COLONSAY, island and parish in Argyle-
shire Hebrides. The island lies 4 miles
north-west of northern extremity of Islay;
extends 8 miles north-north-eastward, with
extreme breadth of about 3J miles ; rises
nowhere higher than 493 feet above sea-
level ; is partly fertile, but more largely
moorish and rugged ; contains the modern
mansion of the Macneills, and remains of
several ancient chapels ; and has a post
office under Greenock, and a public school
with about 34 scholars. A monument to
the late Lord Colonsay, a granite obelisk
fully 30 feet high, was erected on a head-
land on its east side in 1876. The parish
includes also Oronsay Island, almost con-
tiguous on the south. Real property in
1880-81, £3132. Pop. 395.
COLONSAY (LITTLE), small island in
mouth of Loch-na-Keal, west side of Mull,
Argyleshire.
COLPORT. See Coulpokt.
COLPY, hamlet and burn in Culsamond
parish, Aberdeenshire. The hamlet has a
post office under Insch.
COLQUHALZIE, seat on the Earn, near
Innerpeffray, Perthshire.
COLQUHINNY, place on the Don, 5§
miles east-north-east of Strathdon church,
Aberdeenshire.
COLSAY, small island, 8 miles north-
north-west of Sumburgh Head, Shetland.
COLTBRIDGE, suburban village on
"Water of Leith, St. Cuthbert's parish,
Edinburgh. It communicates by tramway
with the city, and has a public school with
about 97 scholars.
COLTFIELD, railway station and hamlet
in Alves parish, Elginshire.
COLTNESS, village and quoad sacra
parish in Cambusnethan parish, Lanark-
shire. The village is suburban to New-
mains, and has extensive ironworks.
Coltness House, in its vicinity, is a large
handsome mansion. Pop. of Newmains
and Coltness town, 2682 ; of Coltness
quoad sacra parish, 2896.
COLTSTON, village in New Monkland
parish, Lanarkshire.
COLUMBA (ST.), quoad sacra parish in
Paisley. Pop. 1981.
COLUMBA (ST.), quoad sacra parish in
Glasgow. Pop. the Gaelic speaking in-
habitants.