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Dargavel. An estate, with a mansion, in Erskine parish. The mansion, 1 mile SSW of Bishopton station, was built partly in 1574, partly at a recent period; and is in the French style of Queen Mary's reign.
Darnley. An ancient barony in Eastwood parish, 1 1/2 mile E of Barrhead. It belonged for ages to a branch of the house of Stewart, and in 1460 gave the title of Baron to Sir John Stewart, who in 1488 became Earl of Lennox, and whose fourth descendant was Henry Lord Darnley (1546-67), the husband of Queen Mary. It still gives title of Earl (cre. 1675) to the Duke of Richmond and Lennox, but by the first of his line was sold, in the beginning of the 18th century to the Duke of Montrose; and, passing again by sale in 1757 to Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, belongs now to Sir John Stirling-Maxwell of Pollok and Keir. It gives a prefix name to several seats of manufacture and other localities within its limits.
Devol's Glen. A ravine, traversed by a brook, in Greenock and Port Glasgow parishes. Commencing among hills 794 and 682 feet high, and descending 2 1/2 miles north-eastward to the E end of Port Glasgow town, it is rocky, wooded, and romantic. It is flanked, near the head, by a precipice, called Wallace's Leap, over which Sir William Wallace is fabled to have leaped on horseback; and it contains two beautiful though tiny waterfalls, respectively about 20 feet and about 100 feet in leap.
Dodside. A hamlet in Mearns parish, SE Renfrewshire, near Newton-Mearns.
Dovecothall. A village on the S border of Abbey parish on the river Levern, conjoint with Barrhead. It contains the oldest of the cotton mills in the Barrhead district, and shares largely in the bleachfield and printfield business of Barrhead.
Dovesland. A suburb in Abbey parish on the S side of Paisley. It forms part of Charleston district, was mainly built after the year 1830, and has a large population, chiefly weavers.
Dubbs Water. A rivulet running from Kilbirnie Loch to Castle-Semple Loch, Ayrshire and Renfrewshire.
Duchall. An estate, with a mansion of 1763, in Kilmalcolm parish, on the right bank of the Gryfe, 1 3/4 mile SSW of Kilmalcolm village. From the 13th century the estate, with a castle standing 1 1/4 mile to the WNW, belonged to the Lyles, the seventh of whose line was created Lord Lyle about 1446. The fourth and last Lord sold it a century later to John Porterfield of Porterfield, whose descendants held it for fully 300 years. It is now the property of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart of ARDGOWAN.
Duchal Law. The eastern summit (725 feet) of the Braes of Gleniffer in Abbey parish, 3 1/2 miles S of Paisley. It commands an extensive and very lovely view.
Dunrod. An ancient barony in Innerkip parish, taking name from a hill to the E of Kip Water, and traversed by a burn of its own name. The hill culminates 2 miles ENE of Innerkip village, and, rising to an altitude of 936 feet above sea-level, figures conspicuously in the gathering grounds of the Greenock water-works. The burn belongs naturally to the basin of the Kip, but flows eastward into one of the reservoirs of the Greenock water-works; and it is spanned, at a point 1 1/4 mile ENE of Innerkip village, by a curious and very ancient bridge, supposed to be Roman. The barony belonged to Sir John de Lindsay, Bruce's accomplice in the Red Comyn's murder (1306), and remained with his descendants till 1619, when it was sold to Archibald Stewart of Blackhall by Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod, who from the haughtiest baron in the West country sunk to a warlock beggar, selling fair winds to fishermen and sea-captains, and died at last in a barn. An old rhyme says of him

See pp. 31-39 of Gardner's Wemyss Bay, Innerkip, etc. (Paisley, 1879).
Dunwan Dam. A crescent-shaped lake in Eaglesham parish, SE Renfrewshire, 2 miles SW by S of Eaglesham village. Lying 850 feet above sea-level, it is 7 1/3 furlongs long; has a varying width of 1 1/3 and 3 furlongs; and sends off Holehall Burn, which falls into the White Cart.--Ord. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.