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Dnnsnp, hamlet, 11 miles SW. of Settle, West-
Riding Yorkshire ; P.O., called Dnnsop Bridge.

Dunswell, hamlet, Cottingham par., East-Riding
Yorkshire, 3 miles SE. of Beverley.

Dunsy, island in Lough Strangford, Killincly par.,
co. Down, 33 ac., pop. 5.

Dunsyre, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanarkshire, 8J
miles NE. of Carstairs June., 10,743 ac., pop. 254;
P.O.; contains Dunsyre Hill, alt. 1313 ft., and the
ruins of Dunsyre Castle.

Dnntarvle, estate, Abercorn par., Linlithgowshire ;
Duntarvie Castle was the first halting-place of Queen
Mary after quitting Loch Leven.

Duntcrlie, suburb of Barrhead, Renfrewshire.

Diinterton, par., S. Devon, on river Tamar, 7|miles
NW. of Tavistock, 1161 ac., pop. 115.

Duntlirop, hamlet, 31 miles NE. of Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire. See
Heythrop and Dunthrop.

Duntiblnc, vil., in par. and If mile SE. of Kirkin-
tilloch, Dumbartonshire.

Duntfsbornc Abbots, par. and vil., E. Gloucester-
shire, 5 miles NAY. of Cirencester, 3290 ac., pop. 289.

Dnntlsborne Bouse, par., E. Gloucestershire, 4
miles NAY. of Cirencester, 1730 ac., pop. 129.

Duntlslt, hamlet, 3 m. NE. of Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Dnntoclier, small manufacturing town, Old Kil-
patrick par., Dumbartonshire, on Dalmuir Burn, 9
miles NAY. of Glasgow, pop. 1572; P.O. ; has cotton-
mills, a manufactory of agricultural implements, lime-
works, coal-mines, and quarries. Duntocher has an
ancient bridge, believed to be Roman, and adjoins a
hill on which many Roman relics have been found.

Deieiton.—par. and vil., Bedfordshire, Sir miles SE.
of Biggleswade, 2840 ac., pop. 477.—2. Dnnton, N.
Bucks, 4 miles SE. of AYinslow, 1197 ac., pop. 80.—3.
Dnnton, par., S. Essex, 5 miles SE. of Brentwood ry.
sta., 2379 ac., pop. 140.

Dnnton Green, hamlet with ry. sta., 5 miles NW.
of Sevenoaks, W. Kent.

Dunton-Bassett, par., S. Leicestershire, 4 miles N.
of Lutterworth, 1860 ac., pop. 409.

Dnnton cum Doughton, par., AY. Norfolk, 2| miles
NW. of Fakenham, 1721 ac., pop. 167.

Duntrcath Castle, seat, in par. and 2 miles NW. of
Strathblane, SAY. Stirlingshire.

Duntroon Castle, modernised baronial fortress, in
par. and 4 miles SW. of Kilmartin, Argyllshire, on N.
shore of Loch Crinan.

Duntrime, seat, on Fithie Burn, 4 miles NE. of
Dundee, Forfarshire ; in vicinity is the hamlet of Burn-
side of Duntrune.

Duntulm, hamlet and old castle, in NW. of Skye
island, Inverness-shire, on Loch Sconr, 19 miles NW.
of Portree; P.O.; the castle was originally a Scan-
dinavian structure, bearing the name of Dundavid, and
afterwards a residence of the Macdonalds, descendants
of the Lords of the Isles.

Dunnrc, coast vil. and ruins of a castle of the
Kennedys, in co. and 6 miles SAY. of Ayr.

Dnnurlin, par., AY. co. Kerry, 6 miles NAV. of
Dingle, 4699 ac., pop. 858.

Dunvant, ry. sta., 2 miles S. of Gower Road Junc-
tion, Glamorgan.

Dnnvcgan, vil. with inn, on loch of same name,
Duirinish par., Skye island, Inverness-shire; P.O., T.O.;
in vicinity is Dnnvegan Castle, seat of the Macleods.
Dnnvcgan Loch,
7 b miles long and 2£ miles wide,
affords safe anchorage for vessels of the heaviest bur-
den. On SAY. side is Dnnvcgan Head.

Dunvvan Dam, crescent-shaped loch, 2\ miles SW.
of Eaglesham, SE. Renfrewshire.

Dnnwear, hamlet, near Bridgwater, W. Somerset.

Dunvvieh, par. and vil. with coastguard station, E.
Suffolk, 4 miles SAY. of South wold, 1465 ac. (335 water),
pop. 250; P.O.; is an ancient corporate bor., and was
at one time a place of great importance. It was the
capital of the East Angles; until 1832 it returned 2
members to Parliament. In the 11th century the
encroachments of the sea swept away its royal and
episcopal palaces, and in the 14th century choked up
its capacious harbour. Dunwich has some attractions as
a seaside resort. In vicinity is Dnnwich Honse.


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