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considerable, it has a yard for ship-building, a
roperj', soap work, one or two iron founderies;
exports a considerable quantity of corn to the
London market, and the inhabitants in the sea-
son pursue the herring fishery with much indus-
try. Here was anciently a castle, now in ruins,
which stood on a rock, and before the use of
artillery, was deemed impregnable. Under the
rock are two natural arches, through which the
tide flows ; and between the harbour and the cas-
tle, is a stratum of vast basaltic columns of red
stone, interspersed vrith veins of jasper. Dun-
bar is distinguished in various periods of Scot-
tish history through several centuries, and was
formerly deemed of much greater importance than
at present. It was created a royal burgh about
the middle of the 14th century. The parish ex-
tends for about 9 m. along the coast, and in 1801
contained a pop. of 3.951, and in 1821,5,272. It
is 27 in. E of Edinburgh, and 29 N. W. of Ber-
wick on Tweed. Lat. 56. N. and 2. 30. of W.
long.
Dunbarton, ph. Merrimack Co. N. H. 65 m. fr.
Boston. Pop. 1,067.
Dunblane, or Dumblane, a town of Scotland in
Perthshire, formerly a bishop’s see, with a mag-
nificent cathedral; it is 6 m. N. of Stirling. Pop.
in 1821, 3,335.
Duncansbij, or Dungisby Head, the extreme N.
E. point of Great Britain, in the lat. of 58. 40.
N. and 3. 8. of W. long.
Duncanville, p.v. Barnwell Dis. S. C.
Dunchurch, a village in Warwickshire, Eng. 80
m. N. W. of London on the mail coach road to
Liverpool and to Holyhead, by Birmingham,
which makes it a place of great intercourse ; it
derives its name from its situation on the border
of what was formerly an extensive heath, called
Dunsmore heath, celebrated for a legendary tale
of a cow of enormous size, which roamed upon it.
Dundalk, a parish and town on the E. coast of
Ireland, in the county of Louth, and of which it
is the assize and chief town. The town is seated
at the mouth of a small river, falling into a bay of
the same name. It participates largely in the
linen manufacture, and is distinguished for a
manufacture of fine cambrics, established in
1737. It has a custom house, and an elegant
town hall, and other public buildings. Pop. in
1821, 9,256, and the parish 3,096 more. It is 18
m. N. of Drogheda, and 12 S. of New'ry. It re-
turns a member to the parliament of the United
Kingdom.
Dundee, a seaport of Scotland, seated at the S.
extremity of Angus, or Forfarshire, on the N.
shore of the Frith of Tay, which forms a con-
venient and commodious harbour for ships of
large burthen. Next to Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, Dundee is the most manufacturing and
commercial town in Scotland ; independent of
its extensive coasting trade, it imports a large
quantity of flax and other products direct from
the Baltic, and employs several ships in the
Greenland whale fishery. Its manufactures con-
sist of sail-cloth, cotton, bagging, osnaburgs
and other heavy linen fabrics, and coloured sew-
ing threads. The town consists of 4 principal
streets, diverging from a square in the centre ;
the public buildings are a town house, trades hall,
infirmary, ophan and lunatic asylum. 3 churches,
and a theatre. Dundee was erected into a royal
burgh in 1165, and has been exposed to the repeat-
ed ravages of the contending parties which
nave prevailed in Scotland since that period; the |
last time it suffered from such cause wins in the
time of Cromwell, when it was taken by assault
and given up to pillage by the troops under gen-
eral Monk, who shared xc2xa360 a man from the booty
they obtained. It is 22 m. E. of Perth, and 42
N. E. of Edinburgh. Lat. 56. 27. N. and 3. 3. ot
W. long. Pop. in 1801, 26,084, and in 1821,
30,575.
Dundonald, a village S. of Irvine, in Ayrshire,
Scotland, abounding in excellent coal. The cot-
ton manufacture is also carried on in the villages.
Pop. in 1801, 1,240, and in 1821, 2,482.
Dunfermline, a royal burgh of Scotland, m
Fifeshire, seated near the S. W. extremity of the
county about 3 m. from the north shore of uio
Frith of Forth. It is celebrated for its once mag
nificent abbey, which fell a prey to the plunder
ing army of Edward I., and as the place of inter-
ment of Malcolm Canmore, the founder of the
abbey ; 7 other Scottish monarchs, 5 queens, and
several of the most eminent persons who figure
in the Scottish history. Dunfermline has been
celebrated in latter times for its extensive manu
facture of fine linen, and still ranks among the
most important manufacturing towns of Scotland.
The town is well built on an eminence, and com-
mands some beautiful prospects of the surround-
ing ^country; its public buildings consists of a
town house, an elegant guildhall, &c. It is 17
m. W. of Edinburgh. Pop. in 1801, 9,980, and in
1821, 13,681.
Dungannon, a town of Ireland, in the S. E
part of the county of Tyrone. It returns a mem
her to the parliament of the United King
dom. It is 11 m. N. by W. of Armagh, and 73
from Dublin. Pop. in 1821, 3,243.
Dungmvon, a town of Ireland, seated at the
head of a bay, in the county of Waterford ; al-
though the harbour is safe and convenient, it is
not a port of entry, its principal trade consists of
potatoes and fish, for the Dublin market. It re-
turns a member to the parliament of the United
Kingdom, and is frequented in the summer sea-
son for sea bathing; the principal object of the
town is the ruin of an ancient castle, 17 m. W.
by S. of WTaterford, in the lat of 52. 2. N. and 7.
3o. of W. long. Pop. in 1821, 5,105.
Dungeness, a celebrated promontory forming
the S. E. point of the county of Kent, Eng. at '
the entrance into the straits of Dover; the light-
house is in the lat. of50. 55. 1. N. and 0. 57. 48.
of E. long.
Dunkeld, a town of the highlands of Scotland,
seated on the N. bank of the river Tay, in a de-
lightfully romantic part of the county of Perth.xe2x80x94
It wins the capital of ancient Caledonia; and
at an early period a Pictish king founded here a
monastery of Culdees, which was converted into
a bishopric by David I. in 1130, and for a length
of time held the first rank in Scotland. The
choir of the cathedral is still entire, and serves
for the parish church. At a more recent period
it was much frequented as a place of fashionable
retreat, and for obtaining goat’s whey ; but this
practice has ceased. The town and surrounding
country is claimed by the Duke of Argyle, as his
exclusive property, and as such, he has convert-
ed the whole of the adjacent vicinity to his own
immediate profit and gratification ; here is an
elegant bridge of 7 arches over the Tay. Dun-
keld is the chief market town of the highlands
it is 15 miles N. of Perth, on the line of the mili
tary road to fort Augustus and Inverness. Poo
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