DUNSKAITH, ruined large ancient castle on Loch Eishart, in Sleat parish, Isle of Skye.
DUNSKEATH, quondam castle, built by William the Lion, on north side near mouth of Cromarty Firth, Ross-shire.
DUNSKEIG, hill, with two ancient forts, one of them vitrified, at south side of mouth of West Loch Tarbert, Argyleshire.
DUNSKELLAE, place in North Uist, Outer Hebrides. It has a public school with about 96 scholars.
DUNSKELLY, grotto in Kirkpatrick-Fleming parish, Dumfriesshire.
DUNSKERRY, islet in Pentland Firth, 4 miles north of Farouthead, Sutherland.
DUNSKEY, seat and ruined baronial fortalice near Portpatrick, Wigtonshire.
DUNSTAFFNAGE, ruined famous ancient castle, 3^ miles north of Oban, Argyleshire. It stands on a tabular rock at south side of mouth of Loch Etive ; appears to have been erected in latter part of 12th century ; occupies the site of a chief seat of the Dalriadan kings ; belonged to successively the Macdougals and the Campbells; was maintained as a fortress till the rebellion of 1745 ; is a quadrangular pile, measuring 87 feet interiorly on each side ; rises to a height of 66 feet, with round towers at the corners ; and is noticed in Sir Walter Scott's Lord of the Isles. A cemetery with ruined ancient chapel is in its vicinity, and may have been the burying place of some of the Dalriadan kings. A celebrated slab, said to have been a coronation-seat at Dunstaffnage, was afterwards used as such at Scone, and taken thence by Ed-ward I. to England, and is now in the throne on which the British sovereigns are crowned.
DUNSYRE, village and parish in upper ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands 6J miles east of Carnwath, and has a post office under Dolphinton, a railway station, a parochial church, and a public school. The parish is 6 miles long and 5 miles broad, and comprises 10,743 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 5974. Pop. 254. Most of the surface lies higher than 700 feet above sea-level, and a steep hill on it rises to the height of 1813 feet. Only about 3000 acres are arable, and a large extent is wild moor. The parish was traversed by a Roman road, retains traces of it, and was a retreat of the Covenanters.
DUNTARVIE, estate in Abercorn parish, Ldnlithgowshird.
DUNTAULICH, seat at foot of Loch TnmmeL Perthshire.
DUNTAYNISH, hill in North Knapdale paiish, Argyleshire.
DUNTIBLAE, place, with factories, near Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire. It was the residence and death-place of Walter Watson, author of well-known Scottish lyrics.
DUNTOCHER, town, on rivulet amid opening of Kilpatrick Hills, 9 miles north-west of Glasgow. It is modern, but contains an ancient bridge, believed to be Roman, and adjoins a hill on which Roman relics, preserved in Glasgow University museum, were found ; and it has a post office under Glasgow, 4 factories, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic churches, and a public school. Pop. 1572.
DUNTREATH, ancient strong castellated mansion, once the seat of the Earls of Lennox, now a seat of Admiral Sir William Edmonstone, Bart., on Blane river, in Strathblane parish, Stirlingshire.
DUNTROON, modernized strong ancient castellated mansion, 1^ mile north-west of Port Crinan, Argyleshire.
DUNTRUNE, estate in Dundee parish, Forfarshire.
DUNTULM, bay, fragment of old castle, and post office under Portree, in Kilmuir parish, Isle of Skye. The bay is but partly sheltered, yet affords anchorage and some harbourage. The castle stood on a lofty mural rock, washed by the sea; sprang from a Scandinavian fort into a condition of great strength and grandeur; and was the residence of the Macdonalds, descend-ants of the Lords of the Isles.
DUNURE, fishing village and ruined old castle on small bay 5 miles north-west of Maybole, Ayrshire. The castle was the original seat of the noble family of Kennedy, dated from very early times, had great strength, and figured much in provincial history.
DUNVEGAN, sea-loch, hamlet, and castellated mansion in north-west of Skye. The loch separates Vaternish peninsula from Duirinish-proper, is about 10 miles long, and diminishes from a width of about 7 miles to almost a point. The hamlet lies near the loch's head, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Portree, an inn, and a public school with about 84 scholars. The mansion stands on a peninsulated rock in vicinity of the hamlet; is an imposing structure, variously very ancient, medieval, and modern ; was visited by Dr. Johnson and Sir Walter Scott ; figures in their accounts of demonology, and in Smith's Summer in Skye ; and contains Rory More's drinkiug-cup, mentioned in one of Burns' songs.
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DUPPLIN CASTLE, seat of the Earl of Kinnoul, near the Earn, 5 miles south-west of Perth. It was rebuilt in 1832, at a cost of more than 30,000; is in the Tudor style ; has fine grounds, with about 370 acres of stately wood ; and was visited in 1842 by Queen Victoria. Dupplin parish, around the castle, was the scene of a battle in 13;->2 between Edward Baliol and the Earl of Mar, and was annexed in 1618 to Aberdalgie.
DURADEN, ravine and village, 2 miles east-south-east of Cupar, Fife. The ravine is winding and picturesque, intersects the hill-range flanking south side of Stratheden, and is traversed by a rivulet running about 7 miles north-north-eastward to the Eden. The village stands in the ravine, is a seat of some manufacture, and has a post office under Cupar. Pop. 328.
