Gazetteer of Scotland

BRIt
IT a v ira, and Noss ; with other fmal-
kr iflets or holms. In 1792, the po-
pulation was 1225 ; increafe 1-27 fince
*755- . . ^ ,
BRIARACHAN ; a river in Perth-
shire, which rifes in the parifh of Mou-
lin ; and, running through Glenbriar-
achat:, forms the Ardle, by its junction
with the Arnot.
BRIDGE-END ; a large village in
the ftewartry of Kirkcudbright, on the
liver Nith, in the parifh of Troquire ;
fo named from its local tituation, at
the W. end of the bridge of Dumfries.
In 1792, the number of inhabitants
was 1302.
BRIDGE-END ; a village in Perth-
shire, feated on the Toy, at the E. end
of the bridge of Perth. It was lately
erected into a burgh of barony, by the
name of the burgh of Kinnoul. Vide
•Kinnoul.
BRIDGETOWN; a fmall village
ia Fifefhire, near Kinghorn.
BRIDGETOWN ; a village in the
barony parifh of Glafgow, and a fu-
burb of that city_, containing, in 1792,
along with the village of Calton, 6695
inhabitants.
BROADLAW ; a mountain in Pee-
bles-mire, about 2800 feet above the
level of the fea.
BROADSEA ; a fmall fifhing vil-
lage, in Buchan, a little W. from the
town of Frazerburgh, containing 160
inhabitants.
BROTHER ISLE 5 a fmall ifland
of Shetland, on the S. coaft of Yell,
inhabited by 2 families.
BROTHER (LOCH) ; a fmall lake
in Renfrewfhire, about 3 miles in cir-
cuit.
BROUGH; a fifhing village in
Caithnefs, near Dunnet-head, where
there is a fafe harbour ; thought by
Mr. Knox to be one of the bed: fifh-
ing Rations on the coaft of Caithnefs.
BROXBURN ; a village in Linlith-
gowfhire, in the parifh of Uphall, feat-
ed on a rivulet of the fame name. It
has a fair in Auguft.
BROXBURN; a rivulet of Had-
dington (hire, which rifes in the parifh
of Spott, and falls into the fea rear
Dunbar, at Broxmouth, a feat of the
Duke of Roxburgh.
BRUNSWARK ; a hill in Dum-
fries- fliirc, famous for 2 rectangular
encampments, flill very entire ; the
formation of which is aicribed to the
C At
Romans. From this hill, the great
military roads go off in every direc-
tion, through the fouthern parts of
the kingdom.
BUCHANY; a fmall village of
Perthshire, in the parifh of Kilmadock,
containing 174 inhabitants in 1796.
BUCHLYVIE; a confiderable vil-
lage in Stirlingfhire, in the parifh of
Kippen, about 5 miles W. from the
village of Kippen. In 1796, it con-
tained 102 families, or 460 inhabit-
ants. It is a burgh, of barony, entitled
to hold 5 fairs in the year.
BUCK ; a mountain in Aberdeen-
fhire, 2377 feet above the fea level.
BUDDO ; an infulated rock on the
coaft of Fife, about 2 miles E. from
St. Andrews.
BUIAY (Greater and Lejfer) ; two
fmall iilands, about 2 miles S. of Sky.
BULLERS of BUCHAN ; a fmall
fifhing village in Aberdeenfhire, in the
parifh of Cruden ; fituated on the fea
coaft, near the ftupendous rocks, cal-
led by the fame name ; of which a
defcription is given by Dr. Johnfon
in his Tour through Scotland.
BUN A WE; a village in Argyll-
fhire, at the junction of the river Azue
with Loch Et'i-ve ; 13 miles from Dal-
mally, and 16 from Oban. Here the
Lorn Furnace Company have erected
their manufactories.
BURGH-HEAD. VideBROUGHE ad.
BURGH-HEAD, or BURROW-
HEAD ; a promontory of Wigton-
fhire, in the parifh of Whithern, fup-
pofed by many to be the moft fouth-
ern land of Scotland; in i° 18' W.
longitude from Edinburgh, and 54 ° 44'
20'' N. latitude ; being a few feconds
farther S. than the point of the Mull
of Galloway.
BUTTON-NESS, or BARRY
SANDS ; a fandy promontory in For-
farfhire, at the N. fide of the mouth
of the river Taj.
CAERKETAN CRAIG; one of
the Pentland hills, 1450 feet a-
bove the fea level.
CAIRN ; a village in Wigtonfhire,
in the parifh of Kirkcolm ; on the
i coaft of Loch Ryan, with a good har-
| bour, and a fafe bay, where veffels of