Gazetteer of Scotland

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COL
c,i natural and planted wood, efpe-
cially on the banks of the river Eye-,
Which waters the parilh. About a
bile W. of 5*. Abb's Head is a beau-
tiful piece of water, called Colding-
harfl loch, which is about a mile in
circumference, and 'of considerable
depth. There are, befides the town
of Coldingham, 3 or 4 fmall villages
in the parifh,- the inhabitants of which
are chiefly farmers or weavers. The
remains of a church are ftill vifible on
the heights of St. Abb's Head, and a
ruinous caftle, called Faji-cqftle, iur-
rounded on all fides by the fea, which
has been almoft impregnable before
the invention of artillery. Population
in 1791, 2391.
COLDSTREAM ; a town fituated
on the N. fide of the river Tweed, in
the county of Berwick. It was an-
ciently the feat of a priory or abbacy
of the Ciftertian order, which feems
to have given rife to the town ; it is
pleafantly fituated in a parilh of the
lame name, where a fmall river, the
Led, falls into the Tweed. In the
town the number of inhabitants is
1162. Here General Monk fixed his :
head-quarters, before he marched into. I
England to reftore Charles II. and |
here he railed that regiment, which is !
ftiil called the C'oldftream regiment of j
Guards. Few towns are better fitu-
ated than Coldftream for manufac-
tures. The banks of the Tweed are
rich in corn and cattle, and coals are
cheap. The roads from Berwick to
London, from Berwick to Kelfo, and
from- Dunfe to England, all pais
through the town. The excellence of
the wool, from the neighbouring dis-
trict, points out the woollen manufac-
ture as being adapted to the place.
No extenfive trade, however, is car-
ried on. A neat bridge over the Tweed
unites the two kingdoms at this town.
The parilh extends along the Tweed
7 or 8 miles, and its breadth is about
4. The general appearance of the
country is flat ; the eminences of the
parilh do not deferve the name of hills.
The foil is moftly rich and fertile ; on
the banks of the Tweed, light ; in-
cliningto clay, backwards. A broad flip
of barren land, called the midr land,
divides the parilh, running through it
from E. to W. There are no natural
woods, but fome thriving plantations
have been lately laid out. Freeftene
.i
is abundant, and the fymptoms of coal
are very flattering ; but few attempts
have been made to difcover it. Shell
and rock marl are found in many parts.
Hirfel, the beautiful feat of the Earl
of Home, and Kersfield, the property
of Mr. Morifon, are great ornaments
to the neighbourhood. Lord Home
has erected two fine obelilks, in me-
mory of his fon Lord Bunglafs, who
was killed in the American war. Se-
veral tumuli in the parilh are laid to
contain the bones of thofe who fell in
the border wars. Population of the
parilh in 1793, 2193.
COLL ; one of the weftern ifles,
annexed in the divifion of counties to
Argyilfhrre. It is about 13 miles in
length, and 3 in breadth ; its furface
is one continued rock, much diverfifi-
ed with eminences, and covered with
a thin firatum of earth, which in many
places is wanting, diicovering the bare
ftone. Such a foil is not fit for plants
that ftrike deep roots, and perhaps no
vegetable has ever grown on Coll to
the height of 3 feet. The uncultivated
parts, which may be nearly feven-
eighths of the whole, are covered with
heath. Coil abounds with lochs, of
which feveral contain trouts and eels.
Rabbits are very numerous; and hares,
which were lately introduced, are be-
coming fo. The caftle of Coll is a
ftrong iquare built caftle, with turrets,
&c. fituated on a rock ; it is ftill in
tolerable repair. There are a great
many black cattle fed on the iflahd,
but fheep are not much encouraged.
The two ends of the ifland belong to
the Duke of Argyll, and the middle
is the property of the Laird of Coll.
The inhabitants employ themfelves in
the fifhery. Population in 1793, 1041..
COLLAGE. This parilh lies in the
valley of Strathmore, in the county
of Perth, forming a fquare of nearly
2 miles. The northern divifion is to-
lerably uniform, and rifes gently to-
wards the hills, having a light black
loamy foil, intermixed with clay, and
mofiy tracts of fmall extent; the dis-
trict towards the S. takes in the N.
fide of the Sidlaw hills, the fides of
which are in fome places enclofed and
improved, but towards the top, with
the exception of Dunfinnan, are co-
vered with heath. Lord Dunfinnan is
the fole proprietor, and has a pleafan!:"
feat, DnnJh:7ian-hoitfe y in the N. W*
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