Gazetteer of Scotland

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and the town of Berwick affords a
ready market for the produce of the
farms, which in general is more than
necessary for its own consumption.
About 15 or 20 tons of kelp are made
annually. The quarries afford stone
fit for building. The village of Ay-
ton is situated on the banks of the
Eye, and is neatly built upon a slop-
ing bank fronting the south. It con-
tains nearly 600 inhabitants. On the
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hills are the remains of two camps r
supposed to be Roman or Saxon.
Urns and broken pieces of armour
have been found here. In the low
.grounds on the N. W. are the vesti-
ges of three encampments, similar to
the former. Most of the names of
the places are derived from the Saxon.
The great road from Edinburgh to
London passes through the parish.*
Population in 1 801, 1453.
B
BAD
AL
BADEAUT (LOCH)-, an arm of
the sea on the W. N. W. coast
of Sutherlandshire.
BADENOCH; the most easterly
district of Inverness-shire, having In-
verness on the .N., Moray on the E.,
Athol on the S., and Lochaber on the
W. It extends 33 miles in length,
and 27 in breadth. It is very moun-
tainous and barren, having no villages,
and only a few inhabitants in the val-
lies. It is watered by the Spey and
a. few rivulets. There are also seve-
ral lakes, some of which are of con-
siderable extent. The mountains are
covered with natural forests, and a-
bound with game.
BAINSFORD. Fide Briansfod.
BALAGICH ; a mountain in Ren-
frewshire, in the parish of Eaglesham,
1000 feet above the level of the sea.
It contains considerable quantities of
sulphat of barytes, and is said to con-
tain ores of silver and lead.
BALAGICH; anciently the name
of the hill on which the castle of Stir-
ling is built.
BALASS ; a small village in the
neighbourhood of Cupar-Fife.
BALBIRNIE ; a village in the pa-
rish of Markinch, in Fifeshire, con-
taining about 250 inhabitants. It is
celebrated for its extensive collieries.
BALBROGIE ; a village near Cu-
par-Angus, containing about 160 in-
habitants.
BALCARRAS ; a fertile district
and elegan,t seat in the parish of Kil-
ponquhaij Fifeshire, from whence the
family of Lindsay have the title of
Earl.
BALCARRY; a sea port on the
Solway Frith, in the parish of Rerrick,
stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
BALCHRISTIE ; an ancient vil-
lage in Fifeshire, near Largo Bay,
where, according to tradition, the
first Christian church in Scotland was-
founded.
BALDERNOCK ; a parish in Stir-
lingshire. The surface and soil are
very various, part- being fiat and fer-
tile, especially on the banks of the ri-
ver Kelvin, while the .back part is
hilly, and covered with heath. A
small lake, covering about 70 acres,
called Baldowie, abounds with pike
and perch. There is great plenty of
lime and freestone ; and the parish
every where abounds with coal of ex-
cellent quality. The ruins of the
mansion of Baldernock shew it to
have been a place of great strength.
There are several cairns, and the re r
mains, of an old tower. But the most
curious remain of antiquity in this
parish is a structure called the Auld
PVlfes Lift. It is situated near a mile
north from, the church, On very high
ground, in a little flat of about lOO
paces in diameter," surrounded by an
ascent of a few yards in height, in the
form of an amphitheatre. It consist?
of three stones only, two of which,
of a prismatic shape, are laid along
close by each other upon the earth ;
and the third, which was once proba-
bly a regular parallelopiped, is laid.