DUNDONALD, remains of old castle in Killean parish, Argyleshire.

DUNDONALD, coal-field in Auchterderran parish, Fife.

DUNDONNELL, seat in Lochbroom parish, Ross-shire.

DUNDONNOCHIE, seat near Dunkeld, Perthshire.

DUNDONY, small green island in Peterhead parish, Aberdeenshire.

DUNDORNADIL.

DUNDREICH, round-topped hill, 1934 feet high, with extensive view, 6 miles north-by-east of Peebles.

DUNDRENNAN, village, old abbey, and seat, 6 miles east-south-east of Kirkcudbright. The village has a post office under Kirkcudbright, an inn, and 2 public schools with about 213 scholars. The abbey was founded in 1142; had a cruciform church with spire 200 feet high ; was the place where Queen Mary spent her last night in Scotland ; and is now represented by considerable well-preserved ruins.

DUNDUFF, place, with traces of Roman camp and remains of old baronial fortalice, in Maybole parish, Ayrshire.

DUNDUFF, place, with public school, in Dunfermline parish, Fife.

DUNDURCUS, old parish, now annexed mainly to Boharm in Banffshire, and partly to Rothes in Elginshire.

DUNDURN, old parish, now part of Comrie, Perthshire.

DUNDYVAN, suburb or section of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. It has extensive ironworks, and a great public school with about 360 scholars.

DUNEARN, hill, with supposed crater of extinct volcano, and with supposed remains of Roman camp, in Burntisland parish, Fife.

DUNEATON, small river, running about 13 miles south-eastward to the Clyde, at about 2 miles below Abington, Lanarkshire.

DUNECHT, a seat of the Earl of Crawford, and place with post office under Aberdeen, 12 miles west of Aberdeen.

DUNEVAN, ancient hill-fort near Cawdor. Nairnshire.

DUNEWAN, hill and reservoir, 2J miles south of Eaglesham, Renfrewshire.

DUNFALLANDY, seat and ancient monumental stone in Logierait parish, Perthshire.

DUNFERMLINE, town and parish in south-west of Fife. The town stands 2f miles north of Firth of Forth, and 20 east-south-east of Stirling ; owed its origin to an ancient abbey and an ancient royal palace ; figured much, for many ages, in connection with royal courts and royal visits ; suffered almost total destruction by fire in 1624, but rose again to prosperity ; occupies ground variously flat, sloping, broken, and ridgy ; comprises narrow old streets, good new streets, and a large new western suburb ; has charming environs, studded with villas and mansions, and rich in both natural beauty and artificial ornature ; and contains fine view-points, interesting antiquities, and handsome public buildings. It ranks as a royal and parliamentary burgh, and as the seat of sheriff courts for the west of Fife ; unites with Inverkeithing, Culross, Queensferry, and Stirling in sending a member to Parliament ; carries on manufacture of table linen in a manner and to an extent unrivalled in the world; publishes 2 weekly newspapers ; and has a head post office with all departments, a railway station, 5 banking offices, 5 hotels, 4 Established churches, 3 Free churches, 4 United Presbyterian churches, Congregational, Evangelical Union, Baptist, Episcopalian, Catholic Apostolic, and Roman Catholic churches, and 10 public schools. The Corporation Buildings stand at corner of Kirkgate and Bridge Street, were founded in October 1876, are in a combination of the Gothic and the French styles, have a corner tower 117 feet high, and were estimated to cost 18,688. The Public Hall stands in St. Margaret Street, was erected in 1878 at a cost of about 9500, is in the early English style, and contains two halls, one of them with accommodation for 1320 persons. The Free Library adjoins the Public Hall, originated in a gift of 8000 from Mr. A. Carnegie, was planned in September 1880, and is in the domestic Tudor style. The Public Baths look toward Schoolend Street, were erected in 1877 from a gift of 5000 from Mr. A. Carnegie, and have a front elevation in the Scoto-Gothic style. A modern bridge, 297 feet long, spans Pittencrieff Glen, became surmounted by excellent houses, and forms part of one of the best streets. The water supply comprises works of 1847 formed on a capital of 13,350, additional works of 1868 at a cost of about 17,400, and supplemental works begun in 1877, and estimated to cost about 55,000. Pittencrieff Glen possesses much natural beauty, strikes a stranger with surprise, contains a fragment of a palatial castle of Malcolm Canmore, and adjoins some remains of a later royal palace. The Abbey occupies the site of a Culdee cell, was founded by Malcolm Can-more, altered by David I. , and extended in 1250 ; contains the ashes of eight Scottish kings and numerous queens and princes ; and is now represented by the ruined nave, exhibiting features of transition from Saxon to Norman. The modern Abbey church occupies the site of the old Abbey church's choir; was erected in 1821 at a cost of more than 12,000 ; gave rise, at the excavation for it, to the discovery of the remains of King Robert Bruce ; and has a tower 100 feet high, with the words, 'King Robert the Bruce,' in the open stonework of a surmounting Gothic balustrade. Monuments to Rev. Ralph Erskine and Rev. Thomas Gillespie, founders of sections of the United Presbyterian Church, were erected within the Abbey in 1876. A new Free church, in lieu of a previous one, was projected in 1881. The town gave the title of earl from 1605 till 1694 to the family of Seton, and that of baron in 1839 to the third son of Sir Ralph Abercromby. Real property of the burgh in 1880-81, 56,371. Pop. 17,083. The parish contains also the villages of Charleston, Crossford, Halbeath, King-soat, North Queensferry, Townhill, Wellwood, Masterton, and Patiemuir, most of Limekilns, and part of Crossgates and Milesmark ; consists of a main body and a small detached district; and is bounded on the south by Firth of Forth. The main body has a length of about 9 miles, and an extreme breadth of 6 miles ; the detached district lies around Queensferry ; and the whole has an area of 20,764 acres. Real property in 1880-81 of landward part, 51,420. Pop., quoad civilia, 26,568 ; quoad sacra, 17,547. The coast is about 1^ mile long, and variously flat and high. The interior rises gently from Limekilns, but brokenly from the small detached district, to vicinity of the burgh ; is there, and for some distance, picturesquely diversified ; alternates in ridges and hollows, with increasing diversity and elevation, towards the north ; and includes parts of Craigluscar and Beath Hills on the ulterior boundary. Coal is very plentiful, and has long been extensively worked. Chief residences are the Earl of Elgin's seat of Broomhall, Pitteucrieff, Pitreavie, Pitfir-rane, Garvock, Keavil, and Craigluscar. The chief antiquities are those in the burgh, and a battle-field of 1641 at Pitreavie. A Free church is at North Queensferry, and United Presbyterian churches are at Limekilns and Crossgates. 16 schools, for 3085 scholars, are in the burgh, and 3 of them for 1150 are new; and 11 for 2242 scholars are in the land-ward parts, and 4 of them and a class-room for 1460 are new.