DOWNIES, a village, in the parish of Banchory-Devenick,
county of Kincardine, 8 miles (S.) from
Aberdeen; containing 122 inhabitants. It is a small
fishing-village, on the coast, and lying in the extreme
south point of the parish. There is a very convenient
cove here for fishing-boats, several of which belong to
the place, each manned with four or five hands, employed
in white-fishing, and sometimes visiting the Moray
Firth in the herring season. The Aberdeen railway
passes at a short distance.