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BUCHANHAVEN, fishing village, suburban to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

BUCHANNESS, promontory, 3 miles south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. An islet near it shares its name, and has a lighthouse with flashing light visible at the distance of 16 nautical miles.

BUCHANTY, village in Fowlis-Wester parish, Perthshire.

BUCHANY, village near Doune, Perthshire.

BUCHARIN, remnant of ancient castle in Boharm parish, Banffshire.

BUCHLYVIE, village and quoad sacra parish, with railway station, 15| miles west of Stirling. The village has a post office under Stirling, a banking office, a parochial church of 1876, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school with about 106 scholars. Pop. 319. The parish was constituted in 1875. Pop. 789.

BUCHOLIE, ruined strong old castle, on coast of Canisbay parish, Caithness.

BUCKET, affluent of the Don, draining Glenbucket, Aberdeenshire.

BUCKHAVEN, fishing town, 4 miles north-east of Dysart, Fife. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Leven, 2 banking offices, a pier and harbour formed under the Board of Fisheries, a Free church, a United Presbyterian church, and 2 public schools with about 420 scholars, and it presents a curious irregular appearance, and figures grotesquely in the old publication, History of the College of Buckhaven. Pop. 2952. A branch railway from Buckhaven to Wemyss was opened in 1881.

BUCKHOLMSIDE, part of Galashiels town.

BUCKIE, town and quoad sacra parish on coast of Banffshire. The town stands 5 miles west-by-south of Cullen ; is bisected by a burn of its own name, dividing it into East Buckie and Nether Buckie ; has a post office with all departments under Fochabers, 2 banking offices, a new harbour constructed in 1874-80 at cost of 60,000, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic churches, and male and female public schools with about 152 and 96 scholars, and is the headquarters of one of the 25 fishery districts of Scotland. A branch railway to it from Keith was decided on in March 1882. Pop. of the town, 4175 ; of the quoad sacra parish, 4349.

BUCKIE, glen in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire.

BUCKLAND, affluent of the Dee, near Kirkcudbright.

BUCKLAW, seat in New Deer parish, Aberdeenshire.

BUCKLERHEAD, hamlet in Murroes parish, Forfarshire.

BUCKLERHOLE, vestige of old Border fortalice, in Mouswald parish, Dumfriesshire.

BUCKLYVIE.

BUCK OF CABRACH.

BUDDO, dangerous rock in St. Andrews Bay, Fife.

BUDDONNESS, low, sandy headland at north side of mouth of Firth of Tay, Forfarshire.

BUIE, stream entering Loch Creran, Argyleshire.

BUIE, lake in Criech parish, Sutherland.

BUILG, lake in Kirkmichael parish, Banffshire.

BUITTLE, parish between Castle-Douglas and Dalbeattie, and extending to the coast at west side of Urr river, Kirkcudbrightshire. It contains Palnackie village, and its post town is Castle-Douglas. Its length is 10 miles, its greatest breadth 3^ miles, its area 11,391 acres. Eeal property in 1880-81, 12,994. Pop. 991. The surface is finely diversified with hill and dale. Granite abounds, and was for some time extensively quarried. Buittle Castle, now represented by only vaults and ditches, was a favourite residence of John Baliol. There are 2 public schools for 144 scholars, and 1 of them is new.

BULAY, two islets, Greater and Lesser, off south coast of Skye.

BULLERHOLES, place, with public school, in Kilwinning parish, Ayrshire.

BULLERS OF BUCHAN, village and shattered range of sea cliff, 5^ miles south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. The cliff is intricately torn and perforated, and I includes a natural tunnel with shaft swept by sea-billows in storms.

BULLIONFIELD, place, with paperworks, adjacent to Invergowrie, 4 miles west of Dundee.

BULLION WELL, mineral spring in Ecclesmachan parish, Linlithgowshire.

BULVICAR, bay in Seil Island, Argyleshire.

BULWARK, place in Old Deer parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a public school with about 69 scholars.

BUNACHTON, lake on north border of Daviot parish, Inverness-shire.

BUNAVOULIN, place in Morvern parish, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Fort-William, and a public school with about 48 scholars.

BUNAWE, village at influx of river Awe to Loch Etive, Argyleshire. It adjoins extensive ironworks, and maintains a ferry across Loch Etive.

BUNCHREW, railway station and seat, 3J miles west of Inverness.

BUNDALLOCH, fishing village on Loch Long, in Kintail parish, Ross-shire.

BUNESS, seat and chrome quarry in Unst Island, Shetland.

BUNESSAN.

BUNKER'S HILL, site of James Square, Edinburgh.

BUNKLE, parish, averagely 3f miles north-north-east of Dunse, Berwickshire. Post town, Edrom. Acres, 9189. Real property in 1880-81, 12,136. Pop. 726. The south-eastern section is nearly level, and the north-western is part of the Lammermoors, called Bunkle Edge. The seats are Blanerne, Cruiksfield, and Easter Cruicksfield. The public school has about 75 scholars.


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