COLLESSIE, village and parish in north-west of Fife. The village stands 4| miles south-east-by-south of Newburgh, and has a post office under Ladybank, a railway station, an old Established church, a Free church of 1876, and a public school with about 146 scholars. The parish contains also the villages of Ladybank, Monkston, Edenton, Giffordton, and Kinloch. Its length is 6 miles; its greatest breadth 3i miles : its area 8699 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 13,182. Pop. 1989. The river Eden traces the southern boundary. The land thence, and through the centre, is flat, but in the north and north-west slopes upward to a bordering range of heights. The chief seats are Eankeilor, Pitlair, Kinloch, Lochiehead, and Eossie ; and the chief antiquities are remains of 2 castles, thought to have been erected for defending the pass from Perth to Central Fife. There are 3 schools with accommodation for 516 scholars, and a class-room in 1 of them with accommodation for 100 is new.
COLLIEMORE, lofty hiU on boundary of Blairgowrie parish, Perthshire.
COLLIESTON, estate in Dunscore parish, Dumfriesshire.
COLLIN, field of battle between the Scotch and the Danes, near Scone, Perthshire.
COLLIN, seat in Rerrick parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
COLLIN, village, 3 miles east of Dumfries. It has a post office under Dumfries, and a public school with about 123 scholars. Pop. 309.
COLLISTON, village, on romantic bay, in Slains parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a nt office under Ellon, and is chiefly a ling place, but also a resort of summer visitors. Pop. 421.
COLLISTON, village and quoad sacra parish, 3^ miles north-west of Arbroath, Forfarshire. The village has a railway station, an Established church, a Free chui-ch, and a public school with about 72 scholars. Collision House, near the village, is said to have been built by Cardinal Beaton. The quoad sacra parish was constituted in 1876. Pop. 659.
COLLOCKBURN, one of the villages or sections of Cambuslang town, Lanarkshire.
COLLUTHIE, old seat in Moonzie parish, Fife.
COLMELLIE, place, with 2 ancient Caledonian stone circles, on skirt of Mount Battock, in Edzell parish, Forfarshire.
COLMONELL, village and parish in Carrick district, Ayrshire. The village stands on Stinchar river, 7| miles south of < rirvan, and has a post office under Girvan, an Established church, a Free church, a United Original Secession church, and a public school with about 132 scholars. The parish contains also the village of Barrhill, and the hamlets of Pinwherry and Lendalfoot. Its length is about 19 miles; its greatest breadth about 7 miles; its area 47,490 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 25,502. Pop., quoad civilia, 2191 ; quoad sacra, 1132. The surface is an assemblage of vales and hills, and rises no-where higher than about 700 feet above sea-level. The chief seats are Knockdolian, Dalgerrock, Ballochmorie, Drumlamford, andPenmore ; and the chief antiquities are cairns, forts, and ruined Craigneil Castle. An Established church is at Arnsheen, and a Free church is at Barrhill. 6 schools for 496 scholars are within the parish, and 1 of them for 60 is new.
COLMSLIE, hill in Melrose parish, Roxburghshire.
COLONS AY, island and parish in Argyleshire Hebrides. The island lies 4 miles north-west of northern extremity of Islay ; extends 8 miles north-north-eastward, with extreme breadth of about 3J miles ; rises nowhere higher than 493 feet above sea-level ; is partly fertile, but more largely moorish and rugged ; contains the modern mansion of the Macneills, and remains of several ancient chapels ; and has a post office under Greenock, and a public school with about 34 scholars. A monument to the late Lord Colonsay, a granite obelisk fully 30 feet high, was erected on a head-land on its east side in 1876. The parish includes also Oronsay Island, almost contiguous on the south. Real property in 1880-81, 3132. Pop. 395.
COLONSAY (LITTLE), small island in mouth of LochnaKeal, west side of Mull, Argyleshire.
COLPORT.
COLPY, hamlet and burn in Culsamond parish, Aberdeenshire. The hamlet has a post office under Insch.
COLQUHALZIE, seat on the Earn, near Innerpeffray, Perthshire.
COLQUHINNY, place on the Don, 5 miles east-north-east of Strathdon church, Aberdeenshire.
COLSAY, small island, 8 miles north-north-west of Sumburgh Head, Shetland.
COLTBRIDGE, suburban village on Water of Leith, St. Cuthbert's parish, Edinburgh. It communicates by tramway with the city, and has a public school with about 97 scholars.
COLTFIELD, railway station and hamlet in Alves parish, Elginshire.
COLTNESS, village and quoad sacra parish in Cambusnethan parish, Lanarkshire. The village is suburban to Newmains, and has extensive ironworks. Coltness House, in its vicinity, is a large handsome mansion. Pop. of Newmains and Coltness town, 2682 ; of Coltness quoad sacra parish, 2896.
COLTSTON, village in New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire.
COLUMBA (ST.), quoad sacra parish in Paisley. Pop. 1981.
COLUMBA (ST.), quoad sacra parish in Glasgow. Pop. the Gaelic speaking inhabitants.
