PAISTON, two small villages, East and West, and ancient barony, in Ormiston parish, Haddingtonshire. East Paiston has a public school with about 40 scholars.
PALACE, vestige of ancient strong residence of Bishops of Caithness, in western vicinity of Thurso, Caithness.
PALACE-BRAE, site of ancient mansion of Duke of Athole's ancestors, 2 miles east of Dollar, Clackmannanshire.
PALACE-CRAIG, village, with colliery and ironstone pits, near Faskine, Lanarkshire.
PALDY, ancient chapelry, now part of Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire.
PALHARROW, rivulet, running to the Ken, in Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
PALKILL, rivulet, running about 9| miles westward and southward to the Cree at Minnigaff village, Kirkcudbrightshire.
PALMALLET, place, with two large beautiful caverns, on Sorbie coast, Wigtonshire.
PALNACKIE, seaport village at head of Urr estuary, Kirkcudbrightshire. It has a post office under Dalbeattie, and a public school with about 88 scholars.
PALNURE, rivulet and railway station in west of Kirkcudbrightshire. The rivulet runs about 10 miles south-westward to the Cree at 4 miles south-south-east of Minnigaff village ; and the station stands near the rivulet at 3J miles east of Newton-Stewart.
PANANICH.
PANBRIDE, parish, containing Muirdrum post office village, Westhaven suburb of Carnoustie, Easthaven village, and Gallowlaw and Newton-Panbride hamlets, on south-east coast of Forfarshire. Its length is 5 miles ; its greatest breadth 2| miles; its area 5199 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 12,533. Pop. 1395. The coast is flat and very rocky ; and the interior has a flattish surface, rising slowly towards the north-west, and tracked by deep rocky course of two burns. The only mansion is Panmure House, a seat of the Earl of Dalhousie ; and the only noticeable antiquity is the vestige of Panmure Castle, long the residence of the Earl of Panmure, whose peerage originated in 1646 and was forfeited in 1716. The churches are Established and Free ; and there are 4 schools with capacity for 204 scholars.
PANHOPE, excellent natural harbour on east side of Flotta Island, Orkney.
PANMURE.
PANNANICH, place, with medicinal springs and accommodation for visitors, 1 mile east of Ballater, Aberdeenshire ; also a hill-range whence the springs flow.
PANTETH, small hill, with extensive view and vestige of ancient watch-tower, in Mouswald parish, Dumfriesshire.