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BOCKLYVIE.
suitable for the residence of the more fastidi-
ous valetudinarians.
BROXBURN, a village and stage from
Edinburgh, on the road to Glasgow, in the
parish of Uphall, Linlithgowshire. A small
rivulet of the same name passes through it,
and it is crossed, at its western extremity, by
the Union Canal.
BROXBURN, a rivulet in Haddington-
shire, rising in the parish of Spott, and, after
running in a northerly direction, falls into the
sea at the grounds of Broxmouth, about a mile
east from Dunbar.
BRUAR WATER, a streamlet in the
district of Athole, Perthshire, a tributary of
the Garry, which it joins near Pitagowan. It
is celebrated for the romantic beauty of some
of its falls, one of which is about 200 feet in
height, and has been rendered of some note by
the visit of Robert Burns, who wrote a small
poetical piece on the occasion. The Duke of
Athole has erected some convenient little
grottoes, and cut paths on its banks for the
use of tourists.
BRUCEHAVEN, a small village in Fife,
on the coast of the Firth of Forth, in the pa-
rish of Dunfermline.
BRUIACH, (LOCH) a fresh water lake
about two miles long, by one in breadth, pa-
rish of Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire ; it abounds
in char, which is a rare fish in Scotland.
BRUNSTAIN MILLS, a hamlet lying
on the road from Musselburgh to Edinburgh,
distant from the latter about four miles. The
mills here were, some years since, employed in
the manufacture of thick shamoy leather for
soldiers' belts, by which much money was re-
alized. Brunstain castle or house stands on
the high ground to the west. It was formerly
the patrimonial residence of a family of Creich-
ton, who took an active share in the Refor-
mation. At the time when a Catholic govern-
ment, under t'he Regent and Cardinal Beaton,
carried on a war against Henry VIII., to pre-
vent the marriage proposed between the infant
Queen Mary and Prince Edward of England,
the laird of Brunstain, and another gentleman
of similar rank and fortune, Cockburn of Or-
miston in East-Lothian, were almost the only
men in the country who ventured to declare
openly for the English interest. In Brunstain
and Ormiston castles, John Knox, and other
reformers, always found a welcome and a
shelter. At a later period of Scottish history,
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Brunstain was occupied by a very different
person, John, Duke of Lauderdale. It is now
tenanted by a private family.
BRUNSWARK, BURNSWARK, or
BIRRENS WARK, a conspicuous hill in the
parish of Tundergarth, towards the foot of
Annandale, Dumfries-shire, lying south-east of
Lockerby, and about eight miles north from
Annan. It is oblong, and at the base is gentle
in the ascent, but towards the top it is rocky
and very steep. On the summit there is an
irregular plain, 300 yards in length, and about
1 50 yards in breadth, and here there are differ-
ent remains of Roman fortifications and en-
trenchments. On the sides, similar vestiges are
observed, and from the hill there diverge several
Roman roads to different parts of Scotland.
Standing in a country nearly level, a most ex-
tensive prospect can be obtained of Annandale,
from Moffat to the Solway Firth, and of the
lower parts of Northumberland and Cumber-
land.
BUCHAN, a district in Aberdeenshire, —
see Aberdeenshire. It gives a title to a
branch of the noble family of the Erskines,
Earls of Mar.
BUCHAN-NESS, a headland on the
coast of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, the most
easterly point of the mainland of Great Bri-
tain, on the south side of the bay of Peter-
head. It is distinguished by a light-house,
the light of which flashes, or emerges from a
state of darkness, and exhibits a momentary
light, resembling a star of the first magnitude,
every five seconds of time.
BUCHANAN, a parish in the western
extremity of Stirlingshire, lying between
Aberfoyle, Loch Lomond, Drymen, and Bon-
hill, extending eighteen miles in length, by six
in breadth. It is mountainous and moorish.
The river Forth rises here at the north back
of Ben Lomond, and the parish is intersected
by the Endrick water. Buchanan House, the
seat of the Duke of Montrose, stands on the
eastern margin of Loch Lomond. The fort
of Inversnaid, — see Inversnaid, — stands at
its northern extremity near the head of the
loch Population in 1821, 763.
BUCHANY, a small village, a short dis-
tance from Doune, on the road to Callander.
BUCKLYVIE, a village in Stirlingshire,
parish of Kippen, from which it is distant five
miles in a westerly direction. It is noted for
annual fairs of black cattle, &c. and is a