A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . ceold church was taken down from apprehension of inse-curity, and the present church erected on a site about amile and a half to the west, in 1834, at a cost of £2500 ; 2X2 DUNK DUNK it is a handsome structure in the later English style,with a square embattled tower, and contains 604 sit-tings. The members of th
A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . ceold church was taken down from apprehension of inse-curity, and the present church erected on a site about amile and a half to the west, in 1834, at a cost of £2500 ; 2X2 DUNK DUNK it is a handsome structure in the later English style,with a square embattled tower, and contains 604 sit-tings. The members of the Free Church have a placeof worship. The parochial school is attended by aboutsixty children; the master has a salary of £34, with ahouse and garden, and the fees average £15. WilliamSimpson, Esq., of Plean, bequeathed £500 to the KirkSession for the benefit of the poor. There are someremains of Torwood Castle to the west of the turnpike-road leading from Falkirk to Stirling. The history ofthis structure, which is surrounded by the remains of theancient Caledonian forest, is involved in much obscurity:the lands attached to it were purchased from one ofthe Lords Forrester by the late Thomas Dundas, Esq.,grandfather of Colonel Dundas, of Carron Hall, the pre-sent Obverse, Reverse. Seal. fh DUNKELD and DOWALLY, a parish, in the countyof Perth, 15 miles (N. by W.) from Perth, and 55 ( W.) from Edinburgh ; comprising the ancient city ofDunkeld, partly within the parish of Caputh ; for manyyears the seat of the primacy of the kingdom prior toIts removal to St. Andrews, and now the seat of a pres-bytery; and containing in the parish 1752 inhabitants,of whom 1096 are in the town. This place, which is ofvery remote origin, and is supposed to have been thecapital of the ancient Caledonia, appears to have derivedits name from the erection of a castle or stronghold,towards the close of the fifth century, on an eminencecommanding the passes of the vale of Atholl, and s
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