COLE CASTLE.
COLFIN, railway station and glen, 3 miles north-east of Portpatrick, Wigtonshire.
COLGRAVE, sound, 3 miles broad, between Yell and Fetlar, in Shetland.
COLIGARTH, section of Lady parish, Sanday Island, Orkney.
COLIN.
COLINESS, headland, projecting into Otterswick Bay, in Sanday Island, Orkney. A very large ancient artificial mound is on it.
COLINSBURGH, village, 4 miles east of Largo, Fife. It has a post office with money order and telegraph departments,designated of Fife, a banking office, a good inn, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school with about 100 scholars. Pop. 366.
COLIN'S ISLE, islet in mouth of river Cart, Renfrewshire.
COLINTON, village and parish in Edinburghshire. The village stands on Water of Leith, 4 miles south-west of Edinburgh, is small but charming, was the head-quarters of the Covenanters' army on the eve of the battle of Rullion Green, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Midlothian, a railway station, a parochial church, and 2 public schools, male and female, with about 130 scholars. The parish contains also the village of Juniper Green, the hamlets of Hailes Quarry, Swanston, and Longstone, and most of the village of Slateford. Its length is about 4 miles ; its greatest breadth about 3 miles ; its area 5640 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 33,595. Pop. 4347. The surface includes Craiglockhart Hill, part of the Pentlands, a winding reach of the ravine of Water of Leith, arable lands at from 250 to 600 feet above sea-level, and a profusion of groves and hedge-rows, and exhibits in the aggregate a richly diversified appearance. Chief seats are Colinton House, Bonally Castle, Craiglockhart House, Comiston House, and Dreghorn Castle ; an interesting new feature is Craiglockhart hydropathic establishment ; and chief things of antiquarian interest are the site of Redhall Castle, and a road very nearly on the line of part of the Roman road from York to Carriden. A Free church and 2 public schools are at Juniper Green ; and a United Presbyterian church and a public school are at Slateford.
COLINTRATVE, place on north side of Kyles of Bute, south verge of Cowal, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Greenock, and is a place of call by steamers.
COLIPOLE, village on Luing Island, Argyleshire.
COLL, village in Stornoway parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Pop. 491.
COLL, island, 2 miles north-east of Tyree, and 7 north-west of Mull, Argyleshire Hebrides. It lies parallel to Mull, and measures 13 miles in length, and 3 in extreme breadth. It was formerly in the parish of Tyree, but was constituted a separate parish in 1866. Real property in 1880-81, 4181. Pop. 643. It contains the village of Arinangour, and has a post office of its own name under Oban. Its coast is mostly bold and rocky ; its interior rises nowhere higher than about 300 feet ; and its surface, to the extent of about two-thirds, is barren. Its chief residence is the seat of its principal landowner ; and its antiquities are a castle, probably built by one of the Lords of the Isles, vestiges of 8 Scandinavian forts, and remains of 3 ancient religious houses. The churches are Established and Free ; and there are 3 public schools with accommodation for 134 scholars.
COLLABOL, place, with post office under Lairg, Sutherlandshire.
COLLACE, village and parish in Gowrie district, Perthshire. The village stands 8 miles north-east of Perth, and is near Woodside railway station and Balbeggie village, with post office under Perth. The parish contains Kinrossie and Saugher hamlets, and comprises 2927 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 3740. Pop. 409. The southern section is flat, and the northern one includes part of the Sidlaw Hills. The chief seat and antiquities are on Dunsinnan estate. The churches are Established and Free. The public school has accommodation for 103 scholars.
COLLAFIRTH, voe or bay in Northmaven parish, Shetland.
COLLAIRNEY, ruined ancient strong fortalice in Dunbog parish, Fife.
COLLEGE, parish in north-east of Glasgow. Pop. , quoad sacra, 2409.
COLLEGE, hamlet in Duffus parish, Elginshire.
COLLEGE, rising ground, crowned with Roslin chapel, near Roslin village, Edinburghshire.
