DALSCAIRTH, seat in Troqueer parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
DALSERF, village and parish in middle ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands on the Clyde, 7 miles south-east of Hamilton, is now very small, but was once much larger, and has a parochial church with 500 sittings, and a public school with about 339 scholars. The parish contains also the post town of Larkhall, and the villages of Millheugh and Rosebank. Its length is 6J miles ; its greatest breadth 4 miles; its area 6956 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 31,520. Pop., quoad civilia, 9378; quoad sacra, 2675. The surface rises somewhat abruptly from the Clyde on the one side, and the Avon on the other, and forms between them a sort of plateau of maximum height of about 400 feet. Coal abounds, and is largely worked. Dalserf House, Machan, Brpomhill, Millheugh, and Millburn are chief residences. The parish was anciently called Machanshire, belonged to the Comyns, went to the royal Bruces, passed to an ancestor of the Duke of Hamilton, and was divided among junior branches of the Hamilton family. Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Evangelical Union, and Roman Catholic churches are at Larkhall. There are 2 schools for 501 scholars, and 1 of them for 300 is new.
DALSETTER, hamlet in Yell Island, Shetland. It has a post office under Lerwick.
DALSHOLM, village adjacent to Kelvin river, the Forth and Clyde Canal, and the Glasgow and Helensburgh Railway, in New Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire.
DALSWINTON, village and estate in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire. The village stands near the Nith, 1\ miles north-north-west of Dumfries, and has a post office under Dumfries, and a public school with about 71 scholars. The estate has a modern mansion on the site of an ancient castle of the Comyns ; belonged in the latter part of last century to Mr. Patrick Miller, the projector of steam navigation ; and contains a lake on which he launched the first trial steam-boat.
DALTON, village and parish in Annandale, Dumfriesshire. The village stands 6 miles north-west of Annan, and has a post office under Lockerby, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 74 scholars. The parish measures 5J miles in length, and from If to 4 miles in breadth, and comprises 6886 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 6986. Pop. 579. The surface is partly hilly, but mostly flat. The seats are Dormout and Rammerscales ; and the antiquities are the ruined tower of Holmains, and a very distinct Caledonian camp.
DALTON, village in Cambuslang parish, Lanarkshire.
DALTONHOOK, estate, with vestige of ancient strong tower, in St. Mungo parish, Dumfriesshire.
DALTULICH, estate in Croy parish, Inverness-shire.
DALVADDY, hamlet and coal-pits in Campbelton parish, Argyleshire.
DALVAULT, village in Bonhill parish, Dumbartonshire.
DALVEEN, pass in Lowther Mountains, at north border of Durrisdeer parish, Dumfriesshire.
DALVEY, modern seat, contiguous to site of 'ancient castle, in Dyke parish, Elginshire.
DALVOURN, place in Daviot parish, Inverness-shire. It has a public school with about 60 scholars.
DALWHAT, head-stream of the Cairn in Glencairn parish, Dumfriesshire.
DALWHINNIE, place in Glentruim, among the Central Grampians, 58J miles south of Inverness. It has a post office designated of Inverness-shire, a railway station, and an inn.
DALYELL, seat in Cupar parish, Fife.
DALZIEL, parish containing Craigneuk town, English Row, and Windmillhill villages, and most of Motherwell town, in middle ward of Lanarkshire. Its length is about 4 miles ; its-breadth about 3 miles ; its area 3039 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 57,254. Pop., quoad civilia, 13,853; quoad sacra, 8923. The surface rises very gently from the Clyde and the South Calder, and is mostly level. Coal abounds, and is extensively worked. The chief seat is Dalziel House ; and the chief antiquities are the line of a Roman road and site of a Roman camp. An Established church of 1874, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church of 1881, a United Presbyterian church of earlier date, a Methodist chapel, a Roman Catholic church, and a large public school are at Motherwell. 5 schools for 2034 scholars are in the parish, and 1 of them and enlargements for 900 are new.
DALZIEL (SOUTH), quoad sacra parish, with church, in vicinity of Motherwell, Lanarkshire. It was constituted subsequent to 1874. Pop. 4930.
DAMF, lake in Applecross parish, Ross-shire.
DAMHEAD, village in vale among the Ochils, 5J miles north-by-east of Kinross. It has a post office under Milnathort.
DAMHEAD, hamlet midway between St. Ninian's town and Airth village, Stirlingshire.
DAMHEAD, town, now called Jamestown, in Bonhill parish, Dumbartonshire.
DAMPH, fine lake among mountains on eastern verge of Coigach district, Cromartyshire.
