COTHILL, lake in Slains pariah, Aberdeenshire.
COTTACK, village in Dunscore parish. Dumfriesshire. It contains the parochial church.
COTTON, village in St. Madoes pariah, Perthshire.
COTTON, village in Dunnichen parish, -'.lire.
COTTON, two quondam villages, Cotton-Ingliston and Cotton-Invereighty, in Kinnettles parish, Forfarshire.
COTTS, lake in Urquhart parish, Elginshire.
COUFFURACH. village in Enzie section if Rathven parish, Bantf shire.
COUL, seat of Sir Arthur G. R. Mackenzie. Bart., near Conan-Bridge, Boss-shire.
COULALT. burn in Inveraven parish, Eanffshire.
COULALT, Lake in Rnockando parish, Elginshire.
COULARD, hill in Drainie parish, Elginshire.
COULAX, hill, 1407 feet high, in north-west of Hoy, Orkney.
COULBEG, hill in Coigach district, Cromartyshire.
COULBEG, mountain in Assynt parish, Sutherland.
COULL, parish adjacent to north side of Aboyne. Aberdeenshire. Its post town is Aboyne, under Aberdeen. Its length is about 5 miles : its greatest breadth about 3i miles ; its area 9044 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 4007. Pop., quoad civilia, 783; quoad sacra, 526. The land is partly flat and partly a bordering hill-range. Chief objects are an ancient Caledonian stone circle, traces of an ancient chapel, vestiges of Coull Castle, .ind ruins of Corse Castle. The public school has about S3 scholars.
COULMONY, seat in Ardclach parish, Nairnshire.
COULMORE, hill in Coigach district, Cromartyshire.
COULPORT, village on east side of Loch Long, 5 miles north-north-west of Cove, Dumbartonshire. It was the place where the Kibble Crystal Palace, now in Glasgow Botanic Garden, was originally erecud : it now contains many residences of wealthy _ 'W merchants ; and it underwent extension and acquired a pier in 1880.
COULTER, railway station, 1J mile south-west of Biggar, Lanarkshire."
COULTER, small lake in St. Ninian's p.msh. Stirlingshire.
COULTRY, village in Balmerino parish,
COUMFELL, hill, 1009 feet high, 6 miles north-east of Langholm, Dumfriesshire. CpUNTESSWELLS, seat in Peterculter parish, Aberdeenshire.
COUPAR-ANGUS, town and parish partly in Forfarshire, but chiefly in Perthshire. The town stands near the Isla, on a small affluent of that river, 12f miles by road, but lof miles by railway, north-east-by-north of Perth; adjoins the site of a Roman camp and mtigea of an ancient abbey; dates from old times, and has undergone much recent improvement ; carries on linen manufacture and other industries ; and has a head post office with all departments, a railway station, 3 banking offices, a hotel and inns, a town hall, a new water supply of 1874, Estab-I lished, Free, United Presbyterian. Original Secession, Evangelical Union, and Episcopalian churches, and a public school of 1877 for about 500 scholars. Pop. 2154 The parish contains also the villages of Balbrogie, Longluis, and "Washington, and measures about 5 miles in length and from 1 to 2 miles in breadth. Acres in Fort'arshire, 184 : in Perthshire, 4515. Real property in '1SSO-SL. 1790 and 14,312. Pop. 265 and 2281. The. surface is part of Strathmore, bisected by a ridge commanding a splendid view.
COURANCE, hamlet in Kirkmichael parish, Dumfriesshire. It has a post office under Lockerby.
COURTHTLLS, mounds or rising-grounds, formerly used as seats of justice, in Auchtergaven, Bellie, Cathcart, Dairy (Ayrshire), Lunan, Pettie, Eosemarkie, Tarbolton, and other parishes. That in Rosemarkie gives name to a public school with about 77 scholars.
COUSLAND, village, 3 miles east of Dalkeith. Edinburghshire. It has a post office under Dalkeith. COUTrTAT.T.Y.
COVANT, burn in Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire.
COVE, fishing village, 4 miles south-by-east of Aberdeen. It stands near a large cavern opening from the sea, and has a post office under Aberdeen, a railway station, a slightly improved natural harbour, and a public school with about 69 scholars. Pop. 464.
COVE, seat in Kirkpatrick-Fleming parish, Dumfriesshire.
COVE, small bay, engirt by lofty cliffs, and possessing a small harbour for fishing-boats, in Cockburnspath parish, Berwickshire.
COVE, watering-place on east side near mouth of Loch Long, Dumbartonshire. It forms part of the police burgh of Kil- ! creggan and Cove ; consists chiefly of villas and ornate cottages ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Dumbartonshire, and a steamboat pier. Pop. 4o'J.
COVE-A-CHIARAN, cave, anciently a residence of St. Kiaran, in Carupbelton parish, Argyleshire.
COVESEA, popularly CAUSEA, coast village, hill, and skerries, in Drainie parish, Elginshire. The hill has a deep, mural, fissured, and cavernous sea front ; and the skerries have a lighthouse, with revolving light visible at the distance of IS nautical miles.
