DUDDINGSTON, seat in Abercorn parish, Linlithgow.
DUDHOPE, quondam large, strong, ancient castle, on skirt of Dundee Law, adjacent to Dundee.
DUDWICK, hill, 572 feet high, 4 miles north of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
DUFF HOUSE, chief seat of the Earl of Fife, in vicinity of Banff. It was erected about middle of last century, at the cost of 70,000 ; is in the Roman-Corinthian style, and has extensive ornate grounds.
DUFF-KINNEL, affluent of the Kinnel, in Johnstone parish, Dumfriesshire.
DUFFTOWN, town on Fiddich river, 11 miles south-west of Keith, Banffshire. It was founded in 1817 ; it stands amid a rich mineral field ; and it has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Banffshire, a railway station, 2 banking offices, Established, Free, and Roman Catholic churches, and 2 public schools. Pop. 1252.
DUFFUS, village and parish on coast of Elginshire. The village stands 5 miles north-west of Elgin, is neatly edificed, and has a post office under Elgin, a parochial church, and a public school with about 106 scholars. The parish contains also the towns of Burghead and Hopeman, the villages of Cummingston, Roseisle, and Kaim, and several hamlets. Its length on the coast is 5 miles ; its mean breadth about 3 miles ; its area 9475 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 13,950. Pop. , quoad civilia,3985; quoad sacra, 1909. The surface, with exception of two small eminences, is level. Duffus House is the seat of Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart. ; and other seats are Roseislehaugh and Inverugie. Duffus Castle is a ruined ancient baronial fortalice, was long the seat of the family of Sutherland, and gave them the peerage title of baron from 1650 till 1843. Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches are in Burghead. 7 schools for 838 scholars are in the parish, and 2 of them and an enlargement for 360 are new.
DUGALSTONE, estate, with lake, in New Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire.
DUICH, sea-loch, about 5 miles long, deflecting south-eastward from head of Loch Alsh, Ross-shire.
DUIRINISH, parish, containing Dunvegan post office and Stein village, in south-west of Skye, Inverness-shire. Its length is 19 miles ; its breadth 16 miles ; its coast line, including sinuosities but excluding islets, about 80 miles. Real property in 1880-81, 7572. Pop. , quoad civilia, 4319 ; quoad sacra, 3297. A low moorish isthmus of about 4 miles, between Loch Grieshernish and Loch Carroy, divides the parish from the rest of Skye ; a large peninsula, nearly bisected by Loch Dunvegan, and much indented by minor sea-lochs, forms its main body ; and a number of islets and insulated rocks are within its limits. The coast has many bold headlands and lofty cliffs, and exhibits much wildness and grandeur. The section south of Loch Dunvegan is Duirinish-proper, and that to the north is Vaternish. Much of the ground is sloping ; a few tracts are level, but almost wholly moss ; and Glendale, about 2 miles long, is a pleasant vale. The two tabular-topped mountains called Macleod's Tables are a prominent feature. Very numerous caves and natural arches are on the coast. The seats are Dunvegan Castle, Vaternish, Orbost, and Grieshernish ; and the chief antiquities are features of Dunvegan Castle, fifteen Scandinavian forts, and several tumuli. The churches are 2 Established and 1 Free. 8 schools for 699 scholars are in the parish, and 6 of them for 600 are new.
DUIRINISH, islet in Loch Etive, opposite Bunawe, Argyleshire. Pop. 24.
DUIRNESS.
DUISK.
DULCAPON, detached part of Dowally parish on Tummel river, Perthshire.
DULL, village and parish in Perthshire. The village stands in Appin vale, 3 miles west of Aberfeldy ; had anciently an ab-thanery, or peculiar kind of monastery, with right of sanctuary; and has now a very ancient market cross, a parochial church with about 600 sittings, and a public school with about 105 scholars. The parish contains also Amulree village and part of Aberfeldy town. It comprises 5 separate districts, and is so intersected by other parishes as to measure about 30 miles from end to end. Its area is 63,417 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 19,807. Pop. , quoad civilia, 2565 ; quoad sacra, 1997. The districts are Appin, Grandtully, Amulree, Foss, and Fincastle. The surface comprises every variety from wild portions of the Grampians to exquisite portion of the Tay's valley ; and is diversified by so many as 21 lakes. The seats are Grandtully, Foss, Moness, Cluny, and Dercluich; and the antiquities include several standing-stones, moats, barrows, and Pictish forts, and an ancient Cale-donian stone circle. Churches of various denominations are at Aberfeldy, Amulree, Grandtully, and Tummel-Bridge ; and public schools are at Amulree, Grandtully, and Foss. pULLARY, place, with chalybeate spring, in Parton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
