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DUMGLOW
of Dalswinton to Walter Stewart, and their manor of
Duncow to Robert Boyd ; bestowed his own lordship of
Annandale, with the castle of Loehmaben, on Sir
Thomas Randolph, and created him Earl of Moray ; and
conferred on Sir James Douglas, in addition to the gift
of Douglasdale in Lanarkshire, the greater part of Esk-
dale, and other extensive possessions in Dumfriesshire.
The county suffered again, and was once more the chief
seat of strife during the conflicts between the Braces
and the Baliols in the time of David II. Nor did it
suffer less in degree, while it suffered longer in dura-
tion, under the subsequent proceedings of the rebel-
lious Douglases. These haughty barons, 'whose coronet
so often counterpoised the crown, ' grew so rapidly in at
once descent, acquisition, power, and ambition, as prac-
tically to become lords-paramount of both Dumfriesshire
and Kirkcudbrightshire. Their possessions, at their
attainder in 1455, reverted to the Crown, and were in
part bestowed on the Earl of March ; yet still, through
old influence and through action of old retainers and
their descendants, continued to give the Douglases a
strong hold upon the county, such as enabled them to
embroil it in further troubles. The county was invaded,
in 1484, by the exiled Earl of Douglas and the Duke of
Albany ; and thence, during a century and a half, it
appears never to have enjoyed a few years of continuous
repose. Even so late as 1607, the martial followers of
Lord Maxwell and the Earl of Morton were led out to
battle on its soil, in a way to threaten it with desola-
tion ; and all onward till the union of the Scottish and
the English crowns, marauding forces and invading
armies, at only brief intervals of time, overran it from
the southern border, and subjected it to pillage, fire,
and bloodshed. The county sat down in quietude under
James VI., and begun then to wear a dress of social
comeliness ; but again, during the reign of the Charleses,
it was agitated with broils and insurrections ; and, in
the rebellions of 1715 and 1745, especially in the latter,
it was the scene of numerous disasters. The Jacobites
were strong in it, and worked so vigorously in the cause
of the Chevalier and the Pretender as to draw destruc-
tion on their own families. The Maxwells, in particular,
were utterly overthrown by the attainder of the Earl of
Nitksdale in 1715 ; and several other great families lost
all their possessions and their influence either then or in
1746. The Dukes of Buccleuch, partly through exten-
sion of their own proper territories, partly through
inheritance of those of the Dukes of Queensberry, are
now by far the largest and most influential landowners
of the county ; and the Marquis of Queensberry and
Hope-Johnstone of Annandale hold a high rank.
Caledonian cairns, camps, and hill-forts are numerous
in many of the upland districts, particularly on the
south-eastern hills ; remains of Caledonian stone circles
are in the parishes of Gretna, Eskdalemuir, Wamphray,
Moffat, and Holywood ; Roman stations, Roman camps,
or remains of them are at Brunswark, Castle O'er,
Raeburnfoot, Torwoodmoor, Trohoughton, Gallaberry,
Wardlaw Hill, and Caerlaverock ; Roman roads con-
nected the Roman stations with one another, and went
up Annandale, and westward thence to Nithsdale. A
remarkable antiquity, supposed by some writers to be
Anglo-Saxon, by others to be Danish, is in Ruthwell
churchyard ; old towers are at Amisfield, Lag, Achin-
cass, Robgill, and Lochwood ; and ancient castles, some
in high preservation, others utterly dilapidated, are at
Caerlaverock, Comlongan, Torthorwald, Closeburn, Mor-
ton, Sanquhar, Hoddam, "Wauchope, and Langholm.
Ancient monasteries were at Dumfries, Caaonbie, Holy-
wood, and other places ; and a fine monastic ruin is
still at Lincluden. Vast quantities of ancient coins,
medals, weapons, and pieces of defensive armour have
been found. Numerous places figure prominently in Sir
Walter Scott's Guy Mannerimj, Redgauntlet, and Abbot.
See, besides works cited under Annandale, Caer-
LAVEIIOOK, DrUMLANRIG, DUMFRIES, LOOHMABEN, and
Moffat, two articles on Dumfriesshire in Trans. Eight,
and Ag. Soc, 1869.
Dumglow. See Drumglow.
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DUNAGOIL
Dumgree, an ancient parish in the upper part of
Annandale, Dumfriesshire, now divided between Kirk-
patrick-Juxta and Johnstone. The larger section of it
is within Kirkpatrick-Juxta, and retains there, near the
right bank of Kinnel Water, some traces of the ancient
church.
Dumphail. See Duniphail.
Dun, a parish of NE Forfarshire, containing, towards
its south-western corner, Bridge of Dun Junction on
the main line of the Caledonian, 4 miles E bySof Brechin,
154 ENE of Forfar, and 5J (3J by road) W by N of Mon-
trose, under which it has a post and railway telegraph
office. Bounded N by Logiepert, NE by Montrose, SE
by Montrose Basin, S by the river South Esk, dividing
it from Maryton, SW by Brechin, and NW by Straca-
thro, the parish has an utmost length from E to W of
3J miles, an utmost width from N to S of 2f miles,
and an area of 6030 acres, of which 1586| are fore-
shore and 1374 water. Montrose Basin, over all its
connection with the parish, is alternately an ornament
and an eyesore — at high-tide a beautiful lagoon, but at
ebb a dismal expanse of black and slimy silt. The'
South Esk, along all the southern border, is a fine
stream, abounding with salmon and sea-trout, and it is
crossed at Bridge of Dun by a handsome three-arched
bridge, built in 1787. A loch called Dun's Dish (44 x
14 furl.) lies at an altitude of 242 feet in the north-
western corner, and sends off a burn to the South Esk.
The land along the river and the basin is low, fiat, and
protected by embankments, thence rises gently to the
centre of the parish, and thence to the western and
north-western borders is somewhat tabular, attaining
230 feet above sea-level near Balnillo, 202 near Dun
House, 207 near Glenskinno, 279 in Dun Wood, and
290 near Damside. The soil, on the low flat ground,
is a fertile clayey loam ; on the ascent thence to the
centre is partly light and sandy, partly rich blackish
mould ; and beyond is first of good quality, next wet
and miry. About three-fourths of the entire area are in
tillage, and nearly one-sixth is under wood. In Dun,
in 1839, was born Alexander Hay Jaap (' H. A. Page'),
sub-editor of Good Words since 1865 ; and John Erskine,
the Laird of Dun (1508-91), was born at the family seat
of Dun. He was a leader of the Reformation party, and
at his house in 1555 John Knox preached almost daily,
making many converts. David Erskine, Lord Dun
(1670-1755), an eminent, lawyer, and a stanch upholder
of the Episcopalian non-jurors, was also born at Dun
House, which, standing 7 furlongs NNE of Bridge of
Dun, is now the seat of Augustus Jn. Wm. Hy.
Kennedy-Erskine, Esq. (b. 1866 ; sue. 1870), owner of
1727 acres in the shire, valued at £3571 per annum.
The other chief mansion is Langley Park ; and the
property is mostly divided among four. Dun is in the
presbytery of Brechin and synod of Angus and Mearns ;
the living is worth £245. The parish church, 94 fur-
longs N by W of Bridge of Dun, was built about 1S33,
and contains 300 sittings ; a public school, with accom-
modation for 140 children, had (1880) an average
attendance of 84, and a grant of £77, 2s. Valuation
(1882) £7846, 3s. 6d., plus £2024 for railway. Pop.
(1S01) 680, (1831) 514, (1861) 552, (1871) 565, (1881)
541.— Ord. Sur., sh. 57, 1868.
Dunach, an estate, with a mansion, in Kilmore parish,
Argyllshire, on the N shore and near the head of salt-
water Loch Feochan, 34 miles S of Oban. It was pur-
chased in 1871 for £16,500 by Neil Macleod Macdonald,
Esq. (b. 1836), who holds 463 acres in the shire, valued
at £409 per annum.
Dunaehton, a barony in Alvie parish, Inverness-shire,
1 J mile SW of Kincraig station. It passed by marriage,
about 1500, from the M'Nivens to the Mackintoshes;
and had a castle, burned in 16S9, and never rebuilt.
Dunagoil, a headland on the SW coast of the Isle of
Bute, 1 J mile NW of Garroeh Head. Rising to a height
of 119 feet, and offering to the sea a steep and rugged ac-
clivity, that terminates in a lofty, cavernous cliff, it pre-
sents also to the land side a precipitous ascent, difficult
of access, and scaleable chiefly by a narrow rugged ledge
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