CAMERON, seat on west side, near foot of Loch Lomond, Dumbartonshire.
CAMERON BRIDGE, hamlet, 1J mile south of Edinburgh.
CAMERON BRIDGE, village on Leven river, 2 miles west of Leven, Fife. It has a railway station and a large distillery.
CAMILLA, lake in Auchtertool parish, Fife.
CAMISENDUN, bay, with prime anchor-age, in Loch Eriboll, Durness parish, Sutherland.
CAMLACHIE, suburb, 1 mile east of cross of Glasgow. It connects the City proper with Parkhead suburb, is inhabited chiefly by operatives, presents a dingy unpleasant appearance, has an Established church and a Free church, and gives name to a registration district. Pop. of the district, 37,933.
CAMMACHMORE, estate in Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire.
CAMMUSMORE, bay in Kilmuir parish, Isle of Skye.
CAMP, castles in Craigie parish, Ayrshire ; in Roberton parish, Roxburghshire ; in Aberlemno parish, Forfarshire ; and on Turin Hill, in Rescobie parish, Forfarshire.
CAMP, hills in Dairy parish, Ayrshire ; in Yetholm parish, Roxburghshire ; in Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire ; and in Lumphanan parish, Aberdeenshire.
CAMPBELL (CASTLE).
CAMPBELTON, town and parish in Kintyre district, Argyleshire. The town stands at head of sea-loch of its own name, 12 miles in direct line north-east of Mull of Kintyre, and 35 by water west-south-west of Ayr ; was the original capital of Dalriada, and was then called Dalruadhain ; lost some importance by removal of the royal court to Dunstaffnage ; became the centre of the extensive missionary operations of St. Kiaran ; shared after-wards the prosperity attending the rise of the Macdonalds, Lords of the Isles ; was either renovated or rebuilt by them, and acquired then a strong castle called Kinloch-Kerran ; gave such trouble to James v. in his contests with the Macdonalds as induced him to make a grant of it, and of the surrounding country, to the family of Argyle ; and in course of time was greatly improved under their administration, and changed its old name for that of Campbelton. Its sea-loch is about 2 miles long and about 1 mile broad, is a singularly excellent natural harbour, and has good piers and prime anchorage. The town curves round the head of the loch in the manner of a crescent ; presents, with its outskirts, a very pleasant appearance ; possesses, in centre of its main street, a highly interesting sculptured ancient maftfl cross; ranks as a royal and parliamentary burgh, uniting with Ayr, Irvine, Inverary, and Oban in sending a member to Parliament ; is a head port and the head station of one of the twenty-five fishery districts of Scotland; has a head post office with all departments, 3 banking offices, 2 hotels, 2 Established churches, Free, United Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic churches, 4 public schools, acquired subsequent to 1876, new waterworks, and extended harbour works ; publishes 2 weekly news-papers ; and carries on a vast trade in the distilling and exporting of whisky. The shipping of the port in 1879 amounted to 918 British vessels of 87,165 tons, and 15 foreign vessels of 2014 tons, inward ; and 909 British vessels of 86,206 tons, and 15 foreign vessels of 2013 tons, outward. Real property of the burgh in 1880-81, 27,339. Pop. 7558. The parish contains also the villages of Dalintober and Drumlemble, and comprehends the four old parishes of Kilkerran, Kilkivan, Kilchusland, and Kilmichael. Its length is 12J miles ; its greatest breadth 6 miles ; its area 44,220 acres. Real property of landward part in 1880-81, 29,866. Pop. 9620. The limits include Devaar islet across the mouth of Campbelton loch ; include also Ardnacross, small bay 6 miles to the north ; and extend westward to the Atlantic. A plain, about 4 miles long and 3 miles broad, and not higher than 40 feet above sea-level, extends westward from the town to head of Machirhanish bay ; and hill tracts rise from the sides of that plain to the northern and the southern boundaries, and attain elevations of from 800 to about 1154 feet. Coal and porphyry have been worked. Plantations are on the estates of Kildalloig, Knock-rioch, Drummore, Oatfield, Ascomil, and Limecraigs. There are 10 schools for 1600 scholars, and 2 of them and 2 enlargements for 810 are new.
CAMPBELTON, coast village, 1J mile south-east of Fort-George, Inverness-shire. It has a chalybeate spring, a hotel, and a United Presbyterian church. Pop. 668.
CAMPERDOWN, railway station, and seat of the Earl of Camperdown, 5J miles north-west of Dundee.
CAMPFIELD, hamlet in Kincardine O'Neil parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen, and a public school with about 80 scholars.
CAMPHILL, village, seat, and wooded height, in Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire. The village is a recently erected suburb of Glasgow, and has an elegant United Presbyterian church. The height has vestiges of a Roman camp, and commands a very fine view.
CAMP-KNOW, conical hillock, anciently surrounded by a ditch, in Blantyre parish, Lanarkshire.
CAMPLE, rivulet, running about 8 miles to the Nith, near Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
CAMPMUIR, hamlet near vestiges of ancient camp, in Kettins parish, Forfarshire.
