CULTER, railway station, 7f miles west-south-west of Aberdeen. Culter rivulet enters the Dee in its vicinity, runs thither from Skene parish, has picturesque banks, and makes a fine waterfall. Culter House, a little to the north-east, is a mansion said to have been built in the time of Queen Mary.

CULTERCULLEN, place near Ellon, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen.

CULTER FELL,mountain, 2454 feet high, 4 miles south-south-east of Culter village, ^CULTOQUHEY, seat in Crieff parish, Perthshire.

CULTS, parish, averagely 3| miles south-west of Cupar, Fife. It contains the villages of Pitleasie, Crossgates, Cults Mill, Hospital Mill, and Walton, and comprises 2924 acres. Beal property in 1880-81, £6438. Pop., quoad civilia, 704 ; quoad sacra, 640. The land is hilly toward the south and east, declines thence or is flat toward the north, and is bounded there by the river Eden. Crawford Priory, a seat of the Earl of Glasgow, is a prominent feature. The churches are Established, Free, and United Presbyterian ; and the public school has accommodation for 150 scholars.

CULTS, estate in Kinnethmont parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen.

CULZEAN.

CUMBERNAULD, town and parish in detached district of Dumbartonshire. The town stands 13 miles north-west of Glasgow, is adjoined by the pleasure-grounds of Cumbernauld House, and has a post office under Glasgow, a railway station, a large inn, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and 2 public schools with about 299 scholars. Pop. 1064. — The parish contains also the village of Condorrat and the hamlet of Croy. Its length is about 8 miles ; its greatest breadth about 4 miles; its area 11,635 acres. Beal property in 1880-81, £25,190. Pop., quoad civilia, 4270; quoad sacra, inclusive of 81 in Falkirk parish, 4351. The surface is mostly a fine diversity of small hills and fertile dales, but includes Fannyside Moor. Coal, lime, ironstone, and sandstone are extensively worked. Cumbernauld House is a chief feature, but was almost destroyed by fire in 1877. The antiquities are traces of Antoninus' Wall and vestiges of a Bom an road. An Established church is at Condorrat. There are 3 schools for 767 scholars, and 2 of them for 520 are new. Cumbernauld station is on the Caledonian railway, and has also a post office under Glasgow.

CUMBRAY, parish, consisting of Great Cumbray Island, in Buteshire. The island is separated from Ayrshire by a sound 1^ mile wide ; commences opposite Largs ; measures 3J miles in length southwards, with a breadth of about 2 miles ; comprises 2841 acres ; has a low fiat beach, steep banks, and a hilly interior, with extreme altitude of about 450 feet above sea-level ; and contains on its south end the town of Millport. Beal property in 1880-81, £15,947. Bop. 1856, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, a Baptist chapel, and a cathedrine Episcopal church are in Millport. There are 2 schools for 389 scholars, and 1 of them for 325 is new.

CUMBRAY (LITTLE), island in West Kilbride parish, but within Buteshire. It lies fully a mile south-west of Great Cumbray ; is about a mile long and mile broad ; rises to a height of 420 feet above sea-level ; had anciently a Culdee cell, succeeded by a Bomish chapel ; and has now a lighthouse of 1826, a disused previous lighthouse, and a ruined ancient watch tower. Pop. 23.

CUMBRIA, ancient kingdom, comprehending Strathclyde, Ayrshire, and Galloway, and extending over the greater part of Cumberland. It was formed about 508 by the Bomanized Caledonians, and be-came part of the Scottish kingdom in the latter part of 10th century. It gave origin to the names Cumbray and Cumberland ; but is often called by historians Strath cluyd or Strathclyde.

CUMHILL, mountain in Coigach district, Cromartyshire.

CUMINESTONE, village, 6 miles north-west of New Deer, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office, with money order department, under Turriff, and an Episcopalian chapel. Bop. 525.

CUMLODDEN, quoad sacra parish on north-west side of upper part of Loch Fyne, Argyleshire. It has a church with 309 sittings, and a public school. Pop. 890.

CUMLODEN, a seat of the Earl of Galloway, in Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

CUMMERTREES, village and parish in Annandale district, Dumfriesshire. The village stands 3 miles west of Annan, and has a post office under Annan, a railway station, a parochial church, and a public school with about 100 scholars. The parish contains also the villages of Powfoot and Kelhead. Its length is 5 miles ; its greatest breadth 4 miles ; its area 9466 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 9107. Pop., quoad civilia, 1094; quoad sacra, 1068. The surface includes a ridge nearly 200 feet high, but otherwise is a gently inclined plain bounded by Solway Firth, and has a flat sandy shore. Hoddam Castle, the Tower of Repentance, and the Marquis of Queensberry's seat of Kinmount are chief objects ; and the shore is part of the scene of Sir Walter Scott's Redgauntlet. There are 4 schools for 332 scholars, and 1 of them for 190 is new.