DOCHFOUR, lake, burn, and seat, about 4 miles south-west of Inverness. The lake is a terminating wing of Loch Ness, and measures about 1 mile in length. The burn makes some fine cascades, and falls into the lake. The seat is on the lake's left side, and is a handsome Venetian edifice.
DOCHGARROCH, burn and regulating lock on Caledonian Canal, near foot of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire.
DOCHIE, quondam chapelry in Monifieth parish, Forfarshire.
DOD, hill in Castleton parish, Roxburghshire.
DODHEAD, low hill-ridge in Newlands parish, Peeblesshire.
DOG, islet in Menteith Loch, Port-of-Menteith parish, Perthshire.
DOGDEN, extensive moss in Greenlaw and "Westruther parishes, Berwickshire.
DOGS, small island in Loch Laggan, Inverness-shire.
DOGS, ferry on Loch Leven on mutual border of Argyleshire and Inverness-shire.
DOG'S STONE, isolated rock, subject of curious legends, on the shore near Oban, Argyleshire.
DOINE, lake in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire.
DOLL, rivulet and glen in Clova parish, Forfarshire.
DOLLAR, parish in Clackmannanshire, and town slightly also in Perthshire. The town stands on a sloping plain, between Devon river and the Ochils, 6 miles north-east of Alloa ; presents a charming appearance, amid picturesque scenery ; consists of old section, new section, and long outskirt of villas ; and has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Clackmannanshire, a railway station, a banking office, a hotel, a large endowed educational institution, a parochial church of 1841, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church of 1877, and an Episcopalian church of 1880. Pop. 2014. The parish is about 3 miles long, and comprises 4773 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 12,247. Pop. 2500. The surface comprises a fine plain or valley, with part of the Ochils on the north, and gently rising ground on the south. Coal is largely worked, and iron-ore abounds. A chief object is Castle Campbell. There are 3 schools with accommodation for 1680 scholars.
DOLLARBURN, old tower in Manor parish, Peeblesshire.
DOLLAR LAW, mountain,2680 feet high, with extensive view, 9 miles south-west of Peebles.
DOLLARS, seat near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
DOLLAS.
DOLLERIE, seat in Madderty parish, Perthshire.
DOLLS, place, with distillery, near Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
DOLPHINSTON, hamlet, with some ancient ruins, 2 miles west of Tranent, Haddington shire .
DOLPHINTON, hamlet and parish on south-east border of Lanarkshire. The hamlet lies 11J miles south-east of Carstairs Junction, and has a post office, designated of Peeblesshire, a railway station, a parochial church, and a public school with about 61 scholars. The parish is about 3 miles long, and com-prises 3574 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 3519. Pop. 292. The surface has a minimum altitude of about 700 feet above sea-level, and contains the conical mount of Keir Hill, and the mountain of Dolphinton Hill, yet is mostly arable.
DOLPHISTON, hamlet, with ancient tower, 4J miles south-south-east of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
DOLT, hill in Kirkmaiden parish, Wigtonshire.
DON, river of Aberdeenshire. It rises on a spur of Cairngorm Mountains, at boundary with Banffshire ; runs crookedly in eastward direction to the sea about a mile north-east of Old Aberdeen ; and achieves a course of 44 miles measured in straight line, but probably double that distance along its bed. Its chief affluents are the Conry, the Carvy, and the Leochel on the right, and the Ernan, the Nochty, the Bucket, the Kindy, and the Ury on the left. Its basin for about 18 miles from its source is prevailingly upland, but afterwards includes much meadow and valley, and throughout contains a large aggregate of delightful scenery.
DON, sea-loch, 4 miles long, on east coast of Mull Island, opposite Kerrera, Argyleshire.
DONALDS, cleugh in Tweedsmuir parish, Peeblesshire. It was a retreat of the famous Covenanter, Donald Cargill.
DONAN, small island in Loch Alsh, Ross-shire.
DONAVOURD, seat near Pitlochrie, Perthshire.
DON (BRIDGE OF).
DONIBRISTLE, village and noble seat, between Aberdour and Inverkeithing, on coast of Fife. The village is inhabited chiefly by colliers, and has a public school with about 138 scholars. Pop. 502. The seat was originally the residence of the abbot of Inchcolm ; underwent enlargement to become the residence of the Earl of Moray ; and was destroyed by fire in 1858.
DONKINS, place, with limeworks, in Middlebie parish, Dumfriesshire.
DOON, lake in Kirkcudbrightshire and Ayrshire, and river dividing Carrick from Kyle in Ayrshire. The lake measures 6 miles in length, and from 3 to 6 furlongs in breadth ; is engirt with wild, sequestered uplands ; contains an islet with ruined ancient castle ; and makes its effluence through artificial sluices. The river commences at these sluices ; runs for about a mile along a deep narrow ravine ; proceeds about 16 miles north-westward to the Firth of Clyde at 2 miles south of Ayr ; and, in its lower reaches, has the bosky, picturesque character celebrated in Burns' 'Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon.'
