Gazetteer of Scotland

DAL
CUMNACALLACH ; a mountain
In the ifland of Arran.
CUNNINGHAM; a diftrift of
Ayrfhire, feparated from Kyle by the
river Irvine. It is a fine level plain,
watered by numerous ftreams, and
having feveral populous towns and
villages : it is, however, moftly in the
hands of great proprietors, and i9, of
confequence, ornamented with few
feats.
CURGIE; a fmall port and village,
on the bay of Luce, 3 miles N. from
the Mull of Galloway.
CUTHBERT'S (St.), or WEST
CHURCH ; a parifh of Mid-Lothian,
lying on the N. and W. fides of the
metropolis, and comprehending the
New town of Edinburgh. In 1793,
the population was 32,947 ; increafe
30,7.^4 fince 1755.
CUTTLE ; a fmall village in Had-
dingtonfhire, near Preftonpans, con-
taining 290 inhabitants.
D
DAFF; a village in Renfrewfhire, in
the parifh of Innerkip, containing
upwards of 400 inhabitants, and lying
about 3 miles from the fea port of
Greenock.
DALAROSSIE ; a parifh in Inver-
nefs-fhire, united to that of Mqy.
Vide Moy, and Dalarossie.
DALAVICH ; a parifh in Argyll-
fhire, united to that of Kilchrenan.
Vide Kilchrenan and Dalavich.
DALBEATTIE, or DALBEATY;
a recent village in Kirkcudbright ftew-
artry, in the parifh of Urr, built 20
years ago, on the eftates of Alexander
Copland of King's Grange, and George
Maxwell of Munjbes, Efqrs. It is ad-
mirably fituated for trade, the river
Urr being navigable 10 far for fmall
veffels; and a confiderable ftream, cal-
led Dalbeaty bum, runs through it,
well adapted for driving machinery.
A late traveller, after remarking the
advantageous fituation of Lalbeattie,
adds, " that if proper manufactures
were introduced into this village, I
would expect to fee it rife to rival the
molt confiderable towns in this diftrict
of Galloway."
DALGAIN j a village in Ayrlhire,
\n the parifh of Lorn, feated on the
JDEU
road from Ayr to Muirkirk, on the
banks of the river Ayr. It is regularly
built, and, in 1797, confifted of up-
wards of 30 neat houfes, inhabited by
200 perfons.
DALNACARDOCH,in Perthfhire,
a ftage inn, on the great Highland road
to Invernefs, 85 miles from Edinburgh.
DALWHINIE, in Invernefs-fhire,
a ftage inn, on the great Highland road
to Invernefs, 98 miles from Edinburgh.
DAMSAY ; a fmall ifland of Ork-
ney, in the parifh of Stennefs, about
2 miles from the ifland of Pomona.
DEERNESS ; a parifh in Orkney,
united to St. Andrews in forming a
parochial charge. It is fituated in the
eaftern extremity of Pomona ifland ;
is 6 miles long, and from 1 to 3 broad.
The principal harbours are Itiganefs
and Deer Sound, where there is excel-
lent anchorage. The ifland of Copin-
/hay, and feveral fmaller iflets, are fi-
tuated on this coaft. The foil is chiefly-
lpam, and mofs intermixed with fand,
and, upon the whole, tolerably pro-
ductive: but the cultivated land bears
a fmall proportion to that which lies
wafte and common. There are ap-
pearances of lead ore- in St. Andrews
parifh ; and a fmall holm on the coaft
feems to be compofed chiefly of a fort
of bituminous_/c£//??,'j, approaching to
the nature of coal. In 1797, the po-
pulation was 1335.
DEERNESS ; a peninfulated pro-
montory, on the coaft of the above
parifh.
DELTING ; a parifh in Shetland,
on the N. coaft of the Mainland. It
is fcT interfered by arms of the fea,
that no accurate idea can be given of
its extend ; the furface is hilly, bleak,
and barren ; but the fmall part on the
coaft, which is under culture, pro-
duces tolerable crops of oats and bar-
ley. The chief harbours are St. Mag-
nus Bay, jilt ha Frith, Bufla Voe, South
Voeter, and Sulom Voe. The principal
iflands are Mickle and Little Rhoe,
Brother IJle, Fijh-holm, and Biggar.
In 1 79 1, the population was 1504 ;
increafe 281 fince 1755.
DEUCALEDONIAN SEA ; the
name given by Ptolomy, and the an-
cient geographers, to the ocean which,
waflies the weftern coafts and ifles of
Scotland. Buchannan is of opinion,
it ought to be wrote Duticaledoniani
from Duncalden, the chief city in thefe
times ; now Dunkeld.