Gazetteer of Scotland

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BRACHMAIT, place in Durris parish,
Kincardineshire. It has a public school
with about 80 scholars.
BRACHOLY, old parish, now part of
Petty, Inverness-shire.
BRACK, small lake in Balmaclellan
parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
BRACKLEY, old castle, the scene of a
tragedy in 1592, near Ballater, Aberdeen-
shire.
BRACKLIN, cascade of 50 feet, in chasm
on Keltie rivulet, near Callander, Perth-
shire.
BRACKMUIRHILL, place in Dunnottar
parish, Kincardineshire. It has a public
school witb about 56 scholars.
BRACKNESS. See Breckness.
BRACO, village, 1J mile north of Green-
loaning railway station, Perthshire. It
stands adjacent to the celebrated Roman
camp of Ardoch, and has a head post office
with all departments, a hotel, an Estab-
lished church, a Free church, and a public
school. Pop. 270.
BRACO, estate and burn in Grange
parish, Banffshire.
BRACTULLO, artificial conical mound,
formerly place of capital punishment, in
Kirkden parish, Forfarshire.
BRADAN, lake, 7 miles south-south-east
of Straiton, Ayrshire.
BRAE, section of Kilmonivaig parish,
Inverness-shire. It has an Established
church, served by a minister on the royal
bounty.
BRAE, place, with post office, under
Lerwick, Shetland.
BRAE-AMAT, section of Kincardine
parish in Cromartyshire, surrounded by
Boss-shire.
BRAE-DUNSTAN, low hill-ridge in
Eccles parish, Berwickshire.
BRAE-GRUDIE, place in Strathbrora,
Sutherland.
BRAEHEAD, village in Carnwath parish,
Lanarkshire. It has a United Presbyterian
church with 500 sittings, and a public
school with about 174 scholars. Pop. 432.
BRAEHEAD, seat in Cramond parish,
Edinburghshire.
BRAEHEAD, or KIRKWOOD COLLIERY,
village in Old Monkland parish, Lanark-
shire. Pop. 667.
BRAEHEADS, seat near Larkhall,
Lanarkshire.
BRAEHEADS, rising ground on the
Tweed, at St. Boswells village, Roxburgh-
shire.
BRAE-LYON, mountains on north side of
head of Glenlyon, Perthshire.
BRAEMAR, village and old parish in
extreme south-west of Aberdeenshire.
The village is properly Castletown, and
will be noticed under that name, but it
has a post office of Braemar, with money
order and telegraph departments, under
Aberdeen, 2 castles of Braemar, new and
old, and a public school of Braemar with
about 61 scholars. The parish is now
part of Crathie.
BRAE-MORAY, chief part of Edinkillie
parish, Elginshire.
BRAE-RIACH, alpine mountain, 4248
feet high, one of the Cairngorms, Aber-
deenshire and Inverness-shire.
BRAE-ROY, tract in Kilmonivaig parish,
Inverness-shire.
BRAES, section of Gartly parish, Aber-
deenshire and Banffshire.
BRAESIDE, place, with public school, in
Fetlar parish, Shetland.
BRAES OF ABERNETHY, section of
Grampians in Abernethy parish, Inver-
ness-shire.
BRAES OF ANGUS, section of Grampians
in Forfarshire.
BRAES OF AVON, section of Grampians
in Kirkmichael parish, Banffshire.
BRAES OF BALQUHIDDER, section of
Grampians in Balquhidder parish, Perth-
shire.
BRAES OF DOUNE, broad-based moun-
tain-range, westward from upper part of
Strathallan, Perthshire.
BRAES OF FORDOUN, skirts of Gram-
pians in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire.
BRAES OF GLENIFFER, hill-range about
2 miles south-west of Paisley, Renfrew-
shire.
BRAES OF GLENLIVET, mountain group
in upper part of Inveraven parish, Banff-
shire.
BRAES OF GLENORCHY, alpine moun-
tains in upper part of Glenorchy parish,
Argyleshire.
BRAES OF KILPATRICK, section of
Lennox Hills, in Old Kilpatrick parish,
Dumbartonshire.
BRAES OF LORN, section of Kilninver
parish, Argyleshire.
BRAES OF ORWELL, section of Ochil
Hills in Orwell parish, Kinross-shire.
BRAES OF PETTY, upland of Petty
parish, Inverness-shire.
BRAES OF PORTREE, section of Portree
parish, Isle of Skye.
BRAGANESS, headland in Sandsting
parish, Shetland.
BRA GAR, village in Barvas parish, Lewis,
Outer Hebrides. Pop. 635.
BRAGRUM, hamlet in Methven parish,
Perthshire.
BRAHAN, castellated seat, formerly of
the Earls of Seaforth, in Urray parish,
Ross-shire.
BRAID, hill-range, with fine view, in
southern vicinity of Edinburgh.
BRAID, small sea-inlet in Wick parish,
Ciiithness.
BRAIDWOOD, village, mansion, and
railway station in Carluke parish, Lanark-
shire. The village has a public school
with about 128 scholars. Pop., with
Harestanes and Thornhill, 616.
BRAIGHEMOR, bay on west side of
Harris, Outer Hebrides.
BRAINSFORD. See Bainsfohd.
BRALLAIG, lake in Kilninver parish,
Argyleshire.
ERAN, small river, running about 14