CUMMING, village in Duffus parish, Elginshire. Pop. 244.
CUMMIN'S CAMP, remains of notable ancient fortification on Barra Hill, in Bourtie parish, Aberdeenshire.
CUMNOCK, town, 16 miles south-east of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. It stands at confluence of Glasnock and Lugar waters ; includes a central square and 3 principal streets ; is near a magnificent railway viaduct across the Lugar ; and has a head post office with money order and telegraph departments, a railway station, 3 banking offices, 3 chief inns, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Congregational, and Roman Catholic churches, a public school of 1876 for 600 scholars, and 2 other schools. Pop. 3345.
CUMNOCK (NEW), village and parish in Kyle district, Ayrshire. The village stands adjacent to confluence of the Afton and the Nith, 5J miles south-south-east of Cumnock,and has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Ayrshire, a railway station, a banking office, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 203 scholars. The parish contains also Afton-Bridgend, Castle Conn el Park, Craigbank, and Pathhead villages. Its length is 12 miles ; its breadth fully 8 miles ; its area 48,096 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 36,832. Pop. 37S1. Most of the surface is hilly, and the southern district is mountainous, and includes Black Craig, 2298 feet high, and part of Black Larg, 2231 feet high. Coal and limestone abound, and are extensively worked. A Free church is at Afton. There are 3 schools for 731 scholars, and 2 of them for 610 are new.
CUMNOCK (OLD), parish, containing most of Cumnock and small part of Lugar towns, in Ayrshire. Its length is about 10 miles; its mean breadth about 2 miles; its area 14,140 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 2(VJS7. Pop. 48G1. The surface is partly flat ami well cultivated, partly hilly and either heathy or mostly verdant. Coal and lime are extensively worked; and bluish marble and black-band ironstone are found. Chief residences are Dumfries House, Garrallan, Logan, and Glasnock, the first a seat of the Marquis of Bute ; and chief antiquities are ruins of Terringzean Castle and traces of Boreland Castle. The churches are in Cumnock. There are 4 schools for 785 scholars, and 2 of them for 700 are new.
CUMRUE, quondam hamlet and small lake in Kirkmichael parish, Dumfriesshire.
CUNIACK.
CUNNER, hill, with fine view, on west border of Carnbee parish, Fife.
CUNNIGAR, artificial mound, on which persons accused of witchcraft were burnt, near Mid-Calder village, Edinburghshire.
CUNNINGHAM, northern district of Ayrshire. It is bounded on the south by the river Irvine, and it measures about 25 miles by 13.
CUNNINGHAMHEAD, railway station and seat, 4 miles west-north-west of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
CUNNINGHAR, hill, with remains of ancient Caledonian stone circle, in Tillicoultry parish, Clackmannanshire.
CUNNINGSBURGH, old parish, now part of Dunrossness, in Shetland. It lies north of Dunrossness-Proper, and has a post office under Lerwick.
CUPAR, town and parish in east centre of Fife. The town stands on the river Eden, 33f miles north-north-east of Edinburgh ; dates from ancient times, but presents a modern appearance ; had once a strong castle, which figured in the wars of the Succession, and was visited by several of the Scottish kings ; ranks now as the capital of Fife, and as a burgh uniting with 6 other Fife burghs in sending a member to Parliament ; presents from the exterior a pleasant appearance, amid beautiful environs studded with mansions ; comprises 3 principal streets, several minor thoroughfares, and some suburbs ; has a head post office with all departments, a railway station, 6 banking offices, 3 hotels, county buildings, a town hall, a corn exchange, new waterworks, opened in December 1876, a large modern Established church, with elegant ancient spire, a Free church of 1878, erected at a cost of nearly 10,000, 2 United Presbyterian churches, a Baptist chapel, a handsome Episcopalian church on or near the site of an ancient Dominican monastery, a Madras academy, a large public library, and a museum ; and publishes 4 weekly newspapers. Real property in 1880-81, 20,698. Pop. 5010. The parish contains also the village of Springfield and the Glaidney section of Ceres. Its length is 4i miles ; its greatest breadth 3| miles; its area 5736 acres. Real property of landward part in 1880-81, 15,407. Pop., quoad civilia, 7404 ; quoad sacra, 6088. The surface is intersected by the Eden, and beautifully diversified with rising grounds. Chief seats are Kilmaron, Tarbit, Springfield, Dalzell, Hilton, Cairnie, Pitblado, Prestonhall, Foxton, Balas, Ferrybank, Bellfield, Blalowne, and "Westfield. A new school for 50 scholars stands beyond the burgh.
