Gazetteer of Scotland

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COVINGTON, village and parish in upper
ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands
about 1J mile north of Thankerton railway
station, and adjoins a ruined castellated
tower of 1442. The parish contains also
Thankerton village, with post office desig-
nated Thankerton, Lanarkshire ; and it
measures about 4 miles by 2f, and
comprises 5114 acres. Real property in
1880-81, £6295. Pop. 444. The Clyde
traces the eastern and north - eastern
boundary. Part of Tinto Mountain is on
the southern border ; pastoral uplands go
northward from it ; and arable and meadow
lands form the rest of the surface. The
only seat is St. John's Kirk ; and the
antiquities, besides the ruined tower at
the village, are 4 circular camps. Coving-
ton Mill was the place where the famous
Covenanter Donald Cargill was taken
prisoner. The public school has about
55 scholars.
COWAL, eastern district of Argyleshire.
It is bounded, except on the north, by
Loch Fyne, the Kyles of Bute, the Firth
of Clyde, and Loch Long ; contains the
sea-lochs Riddan, Striven, and Goil, and
the fresh water Loch Eck ; and includes
some low tracts of land, but is mainly
mountainous.
COWBRAE, lofty hill, with extensive
view, on southern boundary of Borthwick
parish, Edinburghshire.
COWCADDENS, city section in middle of
northern border of Glasgow. It sprang
from an isolated hamlet on the pasture-
common of the city ; was surrounded and
absorbed by the city's street extensions ;
is now a mixture of irregular and regular,
ill-built and well - built thororighfares ;
presents a better appearance than that of
many second-rate manufacturing towns ;
and contains an arcade of 1852, a theatre,
the Free Church Normal school, a Free
church, and a United Presbyterian church.
COWCASH, natural harbour, about a
mile south of the harbour of Aberdeen.
COWDEN, coal-field in Dalkeith parish,
E dinbur gh shire .
COWDEN, seat, <L\ miles east-north-east
of Dollar, Clackmannanshire. It occupies
the site of an ancient fortalice of the
Bishop of St. Andrews.
COWDENBEATH, town, 5J miles north-
east of Dunfermline, Fife. It has a post
office, with money order and telegraph
departments, designated of Fif eshire, a rail-
way station, and a Free church. Pop. 2769.
COWDENHILLS, village in Carriden
parish, Linlithgowshire. Pop. 272.
COWDENKNOWES, seat and hill on east
side of Leader "Water, between Earlston
and the Tweed, in Berwickshire. The
hill is now bare and verdant, but was
formerly covered with brushwood, and is
celebrated in the song of 'The Broom o'
the Cowdenknowes.'
COWDONHILL, estate in New Kilpat-
rick parish, Dumbartonshire.
COWGASK, farm, with site of ancient
chapel, in Trinity - Gask parish, Perth-
shire.
COWGATE, thoroughfare, about 800
yards long, from Grassmarket to South
Back of Canongate, in Edinburgh. It
was originally a rural ravine, traversed by
an open road ; it became, and long con-
tinued, a densely and elegantly edificed
aristocratic quarter ; it is now a crowded,
squalid retreat of the poor, but retains
many defaced features of its former gran-
deur; and it contains two Free churches,
a large Roman Catholic church, and a
Heriot school.
COWGATE, modernized ancient street,
running eastward to the line of the
quondam town walls of Dundee. Its port
or archway in these walls is notable for
the famous Wishart having preached on it
during the prevalence of plague in 1544.
COWGLEN, coal-field in Eastwood parish,
Renfrewshire.
COWHILL, seat in Holy wood parish,
Dumfriesshire.
COWIE, small river, running about 9
miles east- south-eastward to the sea at
Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. It descends
from the frontier Grampians, often in
strong freshet ; and it is crossed by the
Caledonian Railway on a lofty fourteen-
arched viaduct.
COWIE, fishing village, \\ mile north-
north-east of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
It dates from at least the time of Mal-
colm Canmore ; is near the vestiges of a
fortalice said to have been built by that
sovereign ; and has ruins of an ancient
chapel, which passed to Marischal College,
COWIE'S LINN, cascade of about 30
feet, on a burn running to upper part of
Eddlestone river, Peeblesshire.
COWLAIRS, railway station and depot
on Edinburgh and Glasgow line of North
British system, at deflection of the branch
to Helensburgh, \\ mile north-north-east
of Glasgow.
COWPITS, village in Inveresk parish,
Edinburghshire.
COWSHAVEN, coast cave in Aberdour
parish, Aberdeenshire. It was Lord Pit-
sligo's hiding-place after the battle of
Culloden.
COWSRIEVE, hill in Peterhead parish,
Aberdeenshire.
COWTHALLY, ruined strong castle,
about lv mile north-west of Carnwath,
Lanarkshire.
COXTON, small, square, turreted fort-
alice, south-east of Elgin.
COYL, small river, running about 10
miles north-westward to Ayr river, at 4
miles east of Ayr town. It has a cascade
of about 15 feet.
COYLTON, village and parish in Kyle
district, Ayrshire. The village stands 6
miles east-south-east of Ayr, and has a
post office under Ayr, a jDarochial church
containing 744 sittings, and a public school
with about 194 scholars. The parish con-