DEE BRIDGE.
DEECHOID, mountain in Muckairn section of Ardchattan parish, Argyleshire.
DEER, small river, running about 16 miles east-south-eastward and eastward to the Ugie, at 4 miles from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
DEERLAW, hill in Yarrow parish, Selkirkshire.
DEERNESS, quoad sacra parish averagely about 8| miles east-by-south of Kirkwall, Orkney. It forms politically part of St. Andrews ; was made separate quoad sacra in 1845 ; consists mainly of a peninsula, the most easterly land of Pomona, but includes the islands of Copinshay, Corn-holm, and Horse ; and has a post office under Kirkwall, an Established church, a Free church, and a public school with about 87 scholars. Real property in 1880-81, 1977. Pop. 867.
DEER (NEW), village and parish in Buchan district, Aberdeenshire. The village stands 16J miles west of Peterhead, and has a post office, with money order department, under Aberdeen, 2 banking-offices, an Established church of 1840, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church of 1877, a Congregational church of 1880, and a public school with about 155 scholars. The parish contains also the villages or hamlets of Whitehall, Knavan, Cairnbanno, and Brucklaw, and part of Savoch quoad sacra parish. Its length is 12 miles ; its greatest breadth fully 5 miles ; its area 26,750 acres. Eeal property in 1880-81, 23,211. Pop., quoad civilia, 4875; quoad sacra, 4097. The surface is mostly flat, and rises nowhere higher than about 300 feet above sea-level. The chief residences are Brucklaw and Nethermuir ; and the chief antiquities are ruins of Federate Castle, and vestiges or sites of many ancient Caledonian monuments. An Established church is at Savoch, and United Presbyterian churches are at Savoch and Whitehill. 8 schools for 880 scholars are within the parish, exclusive of Savoch, and 3 of them for 414 are new.
DEER (OLD), village in Buchan district, Aberdeenshire, and parish partly also in Banffshire. The village stands on Deer river, 1(% miles west-by-north of Peterhead, and has a post office under Mintlaw, a banking office, Established, Free, and Episcopalian churches, and 2 public schools with about 226 scholars. Pop. 252. The parish contains also the villages of Steuartfield, Biffy, and Fetterangus, and consists of a compact main body in Aberdeenshire, and a detached tract in Banffshire. The main body measures 11 by 5J miles, and comprises 24,564 acres ; and the detached tract comprises 2799 acres. Eeal property in 1880-81, 25,049 and 3113. Pop., quoad civilia, 5104; quoad sacra, 3772. The surface is partly flat, but mainly undulating, and includes many rising grounds, cultivated to the summit. The chief residence is Pitfour, and the chief antiquity is the ruin of a great abbey of the 13th century. A Free church is at Clola, and United Presbyterian and Congregational churches are at Steuartfield. 7 public schools, with about 790 scholars, are in the parish.
DEESIDE, valley of the Dee, partly in Kincardineshire, but chiefly in Aberdeenshire.
DEIL'S BEEF TUB, vast hollow contiguous to public road, 5 miles north-by-west of Moffat, north verge of Dumfriesshire. It is described in Sir Walter Scott's Medgauntlet.
DEIL'S CAUSEWAY, remains of Roman road in Stonehouse parish, Lanarkshire.
DEIL'S DYKE, ancient line of fortification from Loch Ryan in Wigtonshire, through Minnigaff, Glencairn, Penpont, and Lochmaben parishes, to upper part of Solway Firth in Dumfriesshire. It is now in many parts quite extinct ; in other parts, more or less obscure ; in some parts, still very distinct.
DEIL'S KNAP, hillock, anciently a beacon or signal post, in Lunan parish, Forfarshire.
DELFOUR, place, with remarkable assemblage of ancient Caledonian monuments, comprising cairn, obelisk, and two stone circles, in Alvie parish, Inverness-shire.
DELGATTY.
DELLAGYLE, place with notable cave in Knockando parish, Elginshire.
DELNIES, village on coast of Nairn parish, Nairnshire. It has a public school with about 115 scholars.
DELNY, place, 3 miles north-east of Invergordon, Ross-shire. It has a post office designated of Inverness-shire, and a railway station.
DELORAINE, tract on Ettrick river, 17 miles south-west of Selkirk. It gave the title of earl in 1706 to a branch of the family of Scott ; and the title became extinct in 1807.
DELTING, parish a little north of the middle of Shetland. It comprehends part of Mainland between Yell Sound and St. Magnus Bay, the islands of Muckle Roe and Little Roe, and the islets of Brother, Fishholm, and Bigga, and contains the hamlet of Mossbank, with post office under Lerwick. Its length is variously stated at 14 and 10 miles, its breadth at 6 and 8 miles. Real property in 1880-81, 2312. Pop. 1654. The surface is much intersected by the sea, and presents for the most part a hilly, bleak, and barren appearance. Caves are at Culsterness and Trondavoe. The seats are Busta, Garth, Ulhouse, and Mossbank ; and the chief antiquities are vestiges or sites of ancient castles. The churches are 2 Established,, 1 Free, and 1 United Presbyterian. There are 7 schools for 272 scholars, and 5 of them for 174 are new.
DELVINE, seat of Sir Alexander M. Mackenzie, Bart., in Caputh parish, Perthshire.
