Borrowstounness, or Bo'ness, par. and seaport, NW. Linlithgowsh., on Firth of Forth, 23 miles NW. of Edinburgh by rail, 3146 ac., pop. 6088; town, pop. 5284; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. It lies in a rich mineral district, and has mfrs. of salt, vitriol, soap, malt, and earthenware. A new wet dock (7¼ ac.) was opened in 1881; a considerable coasting trade is carried on. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Adjacent to the town are remains of the Roman wall of Antoninus, known as Graham's Dyke.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))