BROW, decayed small watering-place on Solway Firth, in Ruthwell parish, Dumfriesshire. The poet Burns made his last and vain effort here for regaining health.
BROWHOUSES, village on coast of Gretna parish, Dumfriesshire.
BROWN-CARRICK, broad-based hill, 940 feet high, with magnificent view, between Doon river and Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire.
BROWNFIELD, part of Glasgow, adjacent to east side of Anderston.
BROWNHILLS, seat near St. Andrews, Fife.
BROWNLEE, and WEST BROWNLEE, seats near Dalserf, Lanarkshire.
BROXBURN, rivulet, entering the sea about a mile south-east of Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.
BROXBURN, rivulet and town in east of Linlithgowshire. The rivulet runs about 8 miles east-north-eastward to the Almond, at f mile above Kirkliston. The town stands on the rivulet, 12 miles west-by-south of Edinburgh, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Edinburgh, a public hall of 1872, a United Presbyterian church of 1881, a Roman Catholic school-chapel, and a public school with about 212 scholars. Pop. 3066.
BROXMOUTH, a seat of the Duke of Roxburgh, 1 mile east of Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. Its park was Cromwell's headquarters on eve of the battle of Dunbar.
BRUAN, hamlet, 8 miles south-west of Wick, Caithness. It has a Free church.
BRUAR, rivulet, running 10 miles south-ward to the Garry at 3 miles west of Blair-Atliole, Perthshire. It makes in the lower part of its course an enormous descent, with series of cataracts and 3 famous falls.
BRUCEFIELD, seat in Clackmannan parish, Clackmannanshire.
BRUCEFIELD, tract, alleged to have been the battle-scene of 1308 between Bruce and Comyn, in Bourtie parish, Aberdeenshire.
BRUCEFIELD FEUS, village in Dunfermline parish, Fife.
BRUCEHAVEN, harbour, adjacent to Limekilns village, Fife.
BRUCE'S CASTLE, place, alleged to have been a retreat of King Robert Bruce, at south-east skirt of Schichallion Mountain, Perthshire.
BRUCH-NA-FREA, north-west summit of Cuchullin Mountains, Isle of Skye.
BRUCKLAY, village in New Deer parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a railway station, and a public school with about 78 scholars.
BRUIACH, lake in Kiltarlity parish, Inverness-shire.
BRUNSTAIN, seat, If mile south of Portobello, Edinburghshire.
BRUNSTANE, ruined ancient castle, 2J miles south-west of Penicuick, Edinburghshire.
BRUNSWARK, tabular-topped hill, 740 feet high, with magnificent view, 8 miles north of Annan, Dumfriesshire. It was a Roman central station, and it has well-preserved remains of 2 Roman camps.
BRUNTISLAND.
BRUNTON, village in Criech parish, Fife. It has a post office under Cupar.
BRURIE, island in Nesting parish, Shetland. Pop. 50.
BRUX, seat in Tullynessle parish, Aberdeenshire.
BRUXIE, hill in Arbuthnot parish, Kincardineshire.
BRYDEKIRK.
BUACHAILLE, basaltic islet adjacent to Staffa, Argyleshire.
BUACHAILLE-ETIVE, massive mountain, 3120 feet high, at south side of head of Glencoe, Argyleshire.
BUALNALUIB, place in Gairloch parish, Ross-shire. It has a public school with about 118 scholars.
BUCCLEUCH, ancient parish, now part of Ettrick parish, Selkirkshire. It gives the title of duke to the chief of the family of Scott.
BUCCLEUCH, quoad sacra parish in south side of Edinburgh. Pop. 9672.
BUCHAN, district in north of Aberdeenshire. It extends from the east coast almost to the Deveron, and measures about 40 miles by 27, and it gives the title of earl to a branch of the family of Erskine.
BUCHANAN, parish in west border of Stirlingshire. It lies along the greater part of Loch Lomond ; extends from head of Loch Katrine to lowmost reach of Endrick river; includes Inchcallioch, Inchmurrin, Inchfad, Inchdruin, and Inchtorr islands ; contains Inversnaid, Rowardennan, and Balmaha; and measures, exclusive of the islands, about 20 miles by 6. Its post town is Drymen, under Glasgow, and stands adjacent to the southern boundary. Acres, 41,598. Real property in 1880-81, 8436. Pop. 550. The surface consists mostly of the mountain-ridge culminating 'in Benlomond, but comprises a rich lowland tract between the end of that ridge and the Endrick. Buchanan House there is the seat of the Duke of Montrose, and succeeded a previous mansion accidentally burnt in 1850. The public school has about 26 scholars.
