BORLEY, small lake in Durness parish, Sutherland.
BOROUGHHEAD, promontory at east side of mouth of Luce Bay, Wigtonshire.
BOROUGHMOOR, quondam extensive common, now partly edificed with hand-some suburbs, adjacent to south side of Edinburgh.
BORROBOL, railway station between Kildonan and Kinbrace, Sutherland.
BORROLAN, lake, 7 miles south of Assynt church, in Sutherland.
BORROWDALE, seat on Loch-na-Nuah, south-west coast of Inverness-shire.
BORROWSTOWN, coast hamlet, near caves and natural arch, 6 miles west of Thurso, Caithness.
BORROWSTOWN, village in Borrowstownness parish, Linlithgowshire.
BORROWSTOWNNESS, town and parish on north-west border of Linlithgowshire. The town stands on the Forth, 3 miles north of Linlithgow ; connects, by branch line, with the Scottish railway systems ; is a head port, and a seat of manufacture ; stands on peninsular ground, very slightly elevated above high-water level ; consists chiefly of narrow streets, and presents a murky appearance ; has a head post office with all departments, 2 banking offices, a public hall of 1878, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and 2 public schools with about 365 scholars ; publishes a weekly newspaper, and conducts much business in connection with coal-mining, iron-working, shipbuilding, and other industries. The harbour formerly com-prised only a basin 240 feet broad and 2 S'ers 566 feet long, with maximum water- ?pth of 20 feet at spring tides. New harbour works, preliminary to the formation of a great wet dock, and comprising seaward extension of the old piers, were constructed in 1878-79 at a cost of about 30,000. The new dock was begun to be formed in October 1879 ; is situated entirely on land reclaimed from the sea below high-water line ; has an outside barrier 3000 feet long, serving as a wharf for small vessels ; comprises 7^ acres of dock water, about 5 acres of timber pond, and about 17^ acres of other area ; has a depth of 23 feet on the sill at high-water ; was estimated to cost 181,750, and was opened in September 1881. The arrivals in 1879 were 746 British vessels, of 67,007 tons, and 1445 foreign vessels, of 183,223 tons ; the departures, 749 British vessels, of 67,856 tons, and 1432 foreign vessels, of 176,570 tons. Pop. of the town, 5241. The parish includes also Newtown and Kinneil villages, but excludes Grangepans suburb. Area, 3141 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 24,073. Pop. 6088. A hill 520 feet high is in the extreme south-east, and commands a very fine view. The surface slopes thence to the west and the north, but forms a steep bank at various distances from the shore, and includes a low, flat, alluvial tract in the north-west. The soil is mostly a deep rich loam. The rocks are carboniferous, and abound in coal and ironstone. Kinneil House, a seat of the Duke of Hamilton, is the chief residence. Antoninus' Wall traversed the parish, and had a station on its west border. There are 6 schools for 742 scholars, and 3 of them and an enlargement for 494 are new.
BORTHWICK, hamlet, castle, and parish in east of Edinburghshire. The hamlet lies near Fushiebridge railway station, 13| miles south-east of Edinburgh, and has a steepled parochial church of 1865, and 2 public schools with about 168 scholars. The castle stands adjacent to the hamlet ; is a quadrangular baronial tower of the 15th century, the largest in Scotland, and in good preservation; was the retreat of Queen Mary and the Earl of Bothwell during four days of peril after marriage, and sustained a siege with some injury by Cromwell. The parish contains also 9 other hamlets, and part of the villages of Gorebridge, Ford, and Stobb's Mills. Its length is nearly miles, its breadth about 4 miles, its area 9806 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 16,529. Pop., quoad civilia, 1741; quoad sacra, 1374. The surface commences at a watershed of the Moorfoot Hills ; extends northward to the border of the great Lothian plain, and exhibits diversity of hill and vale. Coal and limestone abound, and are largely worked. The seats are Arniston, Middleton, Vogrie, Currie, and Harvieston, and the antiquities are Borthwick Castle, Catcune Castle, and the old parochial church.
BORTHWICK, rivulet, running about 13 miles north-eastward and eastward to the Teviot, at 2 miles south-west of Hawick, Roxburghshire.
BORTHWICKBRAE, seat in Roberton parish, Roxburghshire.
BORTHWICKSHIELS, seat in Roberton parish, Roxburghshire.
BORVE, rivulet, running to the sea, in Barvas parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides.
BORVE, ruined ancient castle on west side of Benbecula Island, Outer Hebrides.
