CROY, hamlet, with railway station, If mile south-south-east of Kilsyth, and 10 miles west-south-west of Falkirk.

CRUACH, lofty mountain on western border of Fortingal parish, Perthshire.

CRUACH-LUSSA, broad-based mountain, 1530 feet high, with extensive view, in North Knapdale, Argyleshire.

CRUCIFIELD, hill, with ancient concentric circles, in Unst Island, Shetland.

CRUCKIE, hill, with fine view, in Parton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

CRUDEN, fishing village and parish in Buchan district, Aberdeenshire. The village stands at mouth of rivulet of its own name, on fine bay, 9 miles north-east-by-east of Ellon, has a post office under Ellon, and is sometimes called Ward. The parish contains also the villages of Finnyfold and Bullers-Buchan, and extends about 8^ miles along the coast, and about 7^ miles inland. Acres, 18,236. Real property in 1880-81, 16,073. Pop., quoad civilia, 3444; quoad sacra, 2835. The northern half of the coast consists of lofty, precipitous, fissured cliffs, and includes the Bul-lers of Buchan ; and the southern part fjrst opens into Cruden Bay, and then is flanked by a range of sunken rocks called Scares. The interior is cut into two nearly equal parts by Cruden rivulet; and the northern border has a great extent of bog. Slains Castle, the seat of the Earl of Errol, stands on the southern part of the bold coast. The churches are Established, Free, and Episcopalian There are 6 schools for 501 scholars, and 1 of them and an enlargement for 184 are new.

CRUDIE, place in Newbyth parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a public school with about 164 scholars.

CRUGGLETON, old parish, with head-land and fragment of ancient castle, now united to Sorbie, "Wigtonshire.

CRUICK, rivulet, running about 12 miles eastward to the North Esk, near Strickathrow, in Forfarshire.

CRUIKSFIELD, seat in Bunkle parish, Berwickshire.

CRUMSTANE, hill, with large cairn, in Langton parish, Berwickshire.

CRUTHERLAND, seat in Glassford parish, Lanarkshire.

CRYSTON.

CUAN, narrow strait and ancient parish in Argyleshire. The strait separates Seil Island from Luing ; and the parish is now part of Kilbrandon. But all Kilbrandon is popularly called Cuan.

CUCHULLIN, great, stern, pinnacled mountain-group, in extreme south of Skye Island, Inverness-shire. They occupy an area of about 45 square miles ; consist chiefly of bare, dark hypersthene rock ; are intersected by wild ravines ; and lift their three highest summits to altitudes of 3180, 3200, and 3220 feet.

CUCKOLD-LE-ROI.

CUEN, lake, with islets, in Kildonan parish, Sutherland.

CUFFABOUTS, hamlet in Carriden parish, Linlithgowshire.

CUIL, bay on north-west coast of Appin, Argyleshire.

CUILHILL, village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire.

CUL, headland on west coast of Islay Island, Argyleshire.

CULAG, rivulet, running to Loch Inver, in Assynt parish, Sutherland.

CULAIRD, hamlet in Dores parish, Inverness-shire.

CULARDACH, mountain, 2953 feet high, 6 miles north-north-east of Castleton-Braemar, Aberdeenshire.

CULBEN, tract of about 9500 acres, on coast westward from outlet of Findhorn river, Elginshire. It was formerly very fertile, but is now a sandy desert.

CULBLEAN, hill-range in Tullich section of Glenmuick parish, Aberdeenshire. It was the scene of a battle in 1335 between the forces of King David Bruce and those of the Earl of Athole.

CULBOCKIE, village in Urquhart parish, Ross-shire. It has a post office under Dingwall.

CULBURNIE, place in Kiltarlity parish, Inverness-shire. It has a public school with about 70 scholars.

CULCABOCK, village about a mile south-east of Inverness.

CULCREUCH, seat in Fintry parish, Stirlingshire.

CULDEES, seat in Muthill parish, Perthshire.

CULDUTHEL, village in Inverness parish, and moor in Inverness and Croy parishes, Inverness-shire. The village has a post office under Inverness, and a public school.

CULFARGIE, estate in Abernethy parish, Perthshire.

CULFREICH, lake in Assynt parish, Sutherland.

CULHORN, seat, 2 miles south-east of Stranraer, Wigtonshire.

CULISH, place in Knockbain parish, Ross-shire. It has a public school with about 117 scholars.

CULKEIN, place in Assynt parish, Sutherland. It has a public school with about 87 scholars.

CULLALO, hill-range, a little south-east of Cowdenbeath, in Fife. Nearly 750 feet high, and its southern face is precipitous.