BIGHOUSE, seat on Halladale water, near Melvich village, Sutherland.
BIGHOUSE, seat in Edrom parish, Berwickshire.
BILBSTER, burn and seat in Wick parish, Caithness.
BILLHOLM, seat in Westerkirk parish, Dumfriesshire.
BILLY CASTLE, fragment of strong ancient fortress, which figured much in the Border wars, 2 miles north of Chirnside, Berwickshire. Billy Mire, around it, was a morass which afforded it great defence, and gave name to an international truce, but is now drained and cultivated.
BILLYNESS, headland at Anstruther Bay, Fife.
BILSDEAN, hamlet in Oldhamstocks parish, Haddingtonshire.
BIMAR, skerry, with beacon, f mile south-west of North Queensferry, Fife.
BINCHINNAN.
BINEND, small lake in Eaglesham parish, Renfrewshire.
BINGHILL, seat in Peterculter parish, Aberdeenshire.
BINGRY.
BINN, nbrupt, bare, lofty hill, over-looking Firth of Forth, in Burntisland parish, Fife.
BINN, conical, conspicuous hill, 1048 feet high, 2 miles south-west of Cullen, Banffshire.
BINNANS, hill, with precipitous face and grand view, on the coast between Grecnock and Gourock, Renfrewshire.
BINNIE, place, with famous sandstone qusirry, in Uphall parish, Linlithgowshire.
BINNIEHILL, village in Slamannan parish, Stirlingshire. Pop. 434.
BINNING, old parish, now part of Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire. It gives the title of baron to the Earl of HaiHington.
BINNS, seat of Sir Robert A. O. Dalyell, Hart., in Abercorn parish, Linlithgow-ahirc.
BINRAM'S CROSS, small stone-capped mound, alleged to be the tomb of a notorious clerical necromancer, on west side of St Mary's Loch, Selkirkshire.
BINSNESS, estate in Dyke parish, Elgin-
BIRD, headland at south side of mouth of Loch Goil, Argyleshire.
BIRDSTONE, village in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire.
BIRGHAM, village on the Tweed, 3J miles west-by-south of Coldstream, Berwickshire. It has a post office under Coldstream, and a public school with about 67 scholars.
BIRKHALL, royal seat within Balmoral demesne, Aberdeenshire.
BIRKHILL, village in Liff parish, Forfarshire. Pop. 177.
BIRKHILL, seat in Balmerino parish, Fife.
BIRKHILL, small inn, amid high moors, notable in the history of the Covenanters, 4 miles south-south-west of the head of St. Mary's Loch, Selkirkshire.
BIRKHILLSIDE, seat in Legerwood parish, Berwickshire.
BIRKWOOD, seat near Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.
BIRLEYHILL, place in Durrisdeer parish, Dumfriesshire. It has a public school with about 90 scholars.
BIRNAM, hill, pass, and village, near Dunkeld, Perthshire. The hill adjoins right bank of the Tay, 2^ miles south of Dunkeld; is traversed, on a terrace-line round its east skirts, by the Highland Railway ; has a height of 1324 feet above sea-level ; commands a very striking view ; figures notably in Shakespeare's story of Macbeth ; and retains vestiges of King Duncan's residence, and of a vitrified fort. The pass is a gorge traversed by the Tay at east end of the hill, and is frequently called the Mouth of the Highlands. The village stands at Dunkeld railway station, 15J miles north-north-west of Perth ; is recent, well-edificed, and picturesque ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Dunkeld, a very large and ornate hotel, and a Gothic Episcopalian church. Pop. 268.
BIRNESS, place, 6 miles from Ellon, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Ellon.
BIRNIE, parish on the Lossie, averagely 4 miles south-south-west of Elgin. Post town, Elgin. Length, 7 miles. Acres, 6777. Real property in 1880-81, 2770. Pop. 367. The surface is uneven, and rises from about 50 to 1000 feet above sea-level. A spot, formerly called Castlehill, was probably the site of the residence of the earliest Bishops of Moray. The public school has about 85 scholars.
BIRNS, affluent of the Tyne, between Pencaitland and Salton parishes, Hadding-I tonshire.
BIRRENS, large well-preserved Roman I camp, 1 mile east-north-east of Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire. BIRSAY and HARRAY, united parish in north-west of Pomona, Orkney. Birsay includes about 8 miles of coast, mostly bold and rocky ; measures about 8 miles by 5 ; is partly hilly, partly rich arable land ; and has a post office under Kirkwall. Harray extends inland and southwards from the south-east of Birsay ; measures about 6 miles by 4 ; is mostly flat, and somewhat swampy ; and has a post office under Stromness. Real property of the united parish in 1880-81, 3651. Pop. 2326. Birsay contains a ruined magnificent palace of the Earls and Bishops of Orkney ; contains also many ancient standing stones and Picts' houses ; includes a peninsulated tract, with traces of ancient fortification ; and in 1876 was constituted a separate parish quoad sacra. Its church was renovated in 1867, and contains 500 sittings. Other churches are Harray parochial, Birsay Free, and Harray and Sandwick Free. There are 4 schools for 384 scholars, and 3 of them and class-room for 324 are new.
