Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 2

DARNLEY
(b. 1827 ; sue. 1870), whose cousin and predecessor con-
verted it into a kind of Border antiquarian museum.
Scott coveted it sorely, to make an armoury of it, and
from it was jestingly dubbed, by his familiar friends,
the Duke of Darnick. Pop. of village (1841) 280, (1871),
435, (1881) 371. See James Wade's History of Melrose
Abbey (Edinb. 1861).
Darnley, an ancient barony in Eastwood parish, Ren-
frewshire, 1J mile E of Barrhead. It belonged for ages
to a branch of the house of Stewart, and in 1460 gave
the title of Baron to Sir John Stewart, who in 14S8
became Earl of Lennox, and whose fourth descendant
was Henry Lord Darnley (1546-67), the husband of
Queen Mary. It still gives title of Earl (ere. 1675) to
the Duke of Richmond and Lennox, but by the first of
his line was sold in the beginning of the 18th century
to the Duke of Montrose ; and, passing again by sale in
1757 to Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, belongs now to
Stirling-Maxwell of Pollok and Keir. It gives a prefix
name to several seats of manufacture and other locali-
ties within its limits.
Darnow, a hamlet, with a public school, in Kirkcowan
parish, Wigtownshire, 4 miles NW of Eirkcowan village.
Darnwick. See Darnick:.
Darra, a hill in the S of Turriff parish, Aberdeen-
shire.
Darrach, a conspicuous hill in the W of Denny parish,
Stirlingshire, an eastward abutment of the Kilsyth
Hills that culminates, at an altitude of 1170 feet above
sea-level, 3f miles W of Denny town.
Daruel. See Glekdaruel.
Darvel or Derval, a village chiefly in Loudon parish, and
partly in Galston parish, Ayrshire, on the river Irvine, If
mile E of Newrnilns station, this being 1\ miles E by S
of Kilmarnock. Regularly built and fairly prosperous,
it mainly depends on handloom weaving and the manu-
facture of muslins ; and has a post office under Kilmar-
nock, a branch of the Union Bank, gas-works, a Free
church, a public school, a working men's institute, and
a subscription library. The working men's institute was
erected in 1872 at the instance of Miss Brown of Lan-
fine, and contains an amusement room, a reading-room,
and a committee room, capable of transmutation into a
hall accommodating 500 persons. The lauds of Darvel
belonged anciently to the Knights Templars, and were
independent of tenure, not even holding of the Crown.
Pop. (1841) 1362, (1861) 1544, (1871) 1729, (1881) 1718.
—Orel. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.
Dava, a station on the Highland railway, at the
mutual border of Cromdale and Edinkillie parishes,
Elginshire, 8|- miles NNW of Grantown, under which
it has a post and telegraph office. Here, too, is a public
school. See Cromdale.
Davarr or Devar, a small island in the mouth of Camp-
beltown Loch, Campbeltown parish, Argyllshire. Rising
300 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length and
breadth of 5 and 4 J furlongs, and serves as a natural break-
water to Campbeltown harbour, protecting it from wind
and wave. To the S side of the loch's mouth it is
joined by a sand-bar ^ mile long, bare at low water ;
and its north-eastern point is crowned with a light-
house, that shows a bright white light every half minute,
visible at the distance of 17 nautical miles.
Daven, a triangular loch on the mutual border of
Logie-Coldstone and Glenmuick parishes, Aberdeenshire,
within J mile of Loch Kinord, and 1J mile NW of
Dinnet station. Lying 480 feet above sea-level, it has
an utmost length and breadth of 6 and 4j furlongs,
contains pike and perch, and sends off Dinnet Burn
running 2J miles SE to the Dee at Mill of Dinnet.
Close to it are to be seen the remains of a native town,
which Skene identifies with 'Devana,' a name preserved
in that of the loch itself. See Aberdeen, p. 17. —
Oral. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.
Davids, St, a seaport village in Dalgety parish, Fife,
on the NE horn of Inverkeithing Bay, at the terminus
of the Fordel mineral railway, 1J mile E by S of Inver-
keithing. It has a good harbour, and exports immense
quantities of coal.
DAVIOT and dunlichity
Davids, St, a village in Madderty parish, Perthshire,
on the estate of Craig of Madderty, If mile S by W of
Madderty station. Founded by the late Lady Baird
Preston of Fern Tower, it superseded a decayed old
burgh of baronjf, and is a beautiful place, with a hand-
some endowed schoolhouse.
Davidson's Mains or Muttonhole, a well-built village
in Cramond parish, Edinburghshire, 1J mile WRW of
Craigleith station, and 3j> miles VNW of Edinburgh.
It has a post office, with money order, savings' bank,
insurance, and telegraph departments, a station of the
Edinburghshire police, the Free church of Cramond,
and a public school. Pop. (1841) 470, (1S61) 599,
(1871) 736, (1881) 740.
Davington, a hamlet, with a public school and a Free
church, in Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire, near
the right bank of the White Esk, 16J miles NNW of
Langholm.
Daviot, a hamlet and a parish in Garioch district,
central Aberdeenshire. The hamlet stands 5 miles
NNW of Inverurie, this being 16J miles NW of Aber-
deen, under which Daviot has a post office.
The parish is bounded N and NE by Fyvie, E by Old
Meldrum, SE by Bourtie, SW and W by Chapel of
Garioch, and NW by Rayne. Its utmost length, from
NNW to SSE, is 3| miles ; its breadth, from E to W,
varies between 2J furlongs and 3| miles ; and its land
area is 4454 acres. Lochter Burn traces all the Bourtie
border ; and, where it quits this parish, the surface
sinks to 200 feet above sea-level, thence rising with
gentle undulations to 401 feet near Lumphart, 415 at
the church, 513 near Wicketslap, 529 near Loanhead,
and 434 at Knowhead. The prevailing rock is trap in
the central higher grounds, coarse gneiss in the S and
E. The soil, on the lower grounds, is generally peat
humus on bluish clay ; on the slopes, is commonly a
rich loam or a strong clay ; on the higher grounds, is
gravelly and thin. About 3700 acres are in tillage, 180
under wood, 100 moss, and 150 either waste or very
slightly reclaimed. Three stone circles and two pre-
Reformation chapels stand or have stood within the
parish. Glack, with its lofty tower, is a conspicuous
object ; and other mansions, also separately noticed,
are Mounie and Fingask — 4 proprietors holding each an
annual value of more, and 4 of less, than £100. Daviot
is in the presbytery of Garioch and synod of Aberdeen ;
the living is worth £153. The church, built in 1798,
contains 400 sittings ; and a public school, with accom-
modation for 150 children, had (1880) an average at-
tendance of 101, and a grant of £92, 17s. Valuation
(1881) £5532, 7s. Pop. (1801) 644, (1831) 691, (1861)
614, (1871) 597, (1881) 515.— Oral. Sur., shs. 76, 86,
1874-76.
Daviot and Dunlichity, a united parish of NE lnver-
ness-shire mainly, but partly also of Nairnshire, 388
acres at its north-eastern extremity belonging to the
main body, and 12,600 towards the S forming a detached
portion, of that county. The parishes of Daviot and
Dunlichity were united in 1618, but still are so far dis-
tinct as each to have its church, that of Daviot standing
near the Nairn's left bank, 6J miles SE of Inverness,
under which there is a post office of Daviot, whilst that
of Dunlichity stands 1 mile ENE of the foot of Loch
Dundelchack and 6| miles SAV by S of Daviot church.
The united parish, then, is bounded N and NE by Croy-
Dalcross, SE and SbyMoy-Dalarossie, SWby Boleskine-
Abertarff, and NW by Dores, the Farraline section of
Boleskine, Inverness, and the Leys section of Croy. Its
utmost length is 22g miles from NE by N to SW by S ;
and its breadth varies between 4J furlongs and 7| miles.
The river Nairn, rising towards the S of the parish,
winds 22J miles north-north-westward and north-north-
eastward, chiefly through the interior, but for the last
3§ miles along the Croy and Dalcross border ; during
this course it descends from 2480 to close on 300 feet
above sea-level. The southern Nairnshire section is
drained to Loch Ness by the Farigaig, formed by two
head-streams near Dunmaglass Lodge, and running 2
miles north-north-westward till it passes into Dores,
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