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CRAIGIE, hill in Leuchars parish, Fife.

CRAIGIE, estate on the Tay, between Dundee and Broughty-Ferry, Forfarshire.

CRAIGIE, lake, continuous with Loch Loyal, in Sutherland.

CRAIGIEBARNS, hill, about 1000 feet high, in northern vicinity of Dunkeld, Perthshire. It has very striking and diversified features, both natural and artificial, and commands a rich, extensive view.

CRAIGIEBURN, seat, with wooded grounds, 2J miles east of Moffat. It is sung by both Burns and Hogg.

CRAIGIEHALL, estate on Almond river, in Dalmeny parish, Linlithgowshire.

CRAIGIEHOW, hill in Avoch parish, Ross-shire.

CRAIGIELANDS, modern village, adjacent to Beattock railway station, Dumfriesshire. It has a post office under Moffat.

CRAIGIEVAR, mansion and hamlet in Leochel parish, Aberdeenshire. The mansion is Craigievar Castle, a renovated old structure, a seat of Sir William Forbes, Bart. ; and the hamlet has a post office under Aberdeen.

CRAIGIEVINEAN.

CRAIGINLENUE, mountain in Luss parish, Dumbartonshire.

CRAIGLAND, burn on boundary of Avoch parish, Ross-shire.

CRAIGLAW, seat in Kirkcowan parish, SVigtonshire.

CRAIGLEA, slate quarry in Fowlis-AVester parish, Perthshire.

CRAIGLEITH, great sandstone quarry and new villa village, about 2 miles north-west of Edinburgh.

CRAIGLEITH, islet, about a mile north of North Berwick, Haddingtonshire.

CRAIGLIOCH, cliff, at romantic gorge of Ericht river, 2 miles north of Blairgowrie, Perthshire.

CRAIGLOCKHART, hiU, seat, hydro-pathic establishment, and Established church, about 2 miles south-west of Edinburgh. The hill is wooded, partly basaltic, and about 540 feet high. The hydropathic establishment was opened in 1880, cost about 45,000, presents a frontage of 280 feet to the west, and has fully 13 acres of recreation grounds. The church was in course of erection in the same year, and serves for Slateford and Gorgie districts.

CRAIGLOCKHART, ruined strong lofty tower, on Mouse rivulet, near Lanark.

CRAIGLUG, hill in Creich parish, Fife.

CRAIGLUSCAR, hill, 2J miles north-west of Dunfermline, Fife.

CRAIGLUSH, lake in course of Lunan river, in Caputh parish, Perthshire.

CRAIGMADDIE, estate, with modern mansion, fragment of ancient castle, and group of memorial cairns, 2^ miles north-east of Milngavie, south border of Stirlingshire.

CRAIGMARK, village in Dalmellington parish, Ayrshire. Pop. 383.

CRAIGMARLOCH, village on the Kelvin, at boundary between Kilsyth and Cumbernauld.

CRAIGMILE, seat near Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeenshire.

CRAIGMILL, village at south base of Abbey-Craig, near Stirling.

CRAIGMILL, place in Rattray parish, Perthshire. It has a public school with about 79 scholars.

CRAIGMILLAR, ruined grand castle, 2 miles south-east of Edinburgh. It dates from unknown times ; belonged for many ages to private parties; was the prison of a brother of James in., and the residence of James v. in his minority; became the chief country retreat of Queen Mary ; and now, as a ruin, is large, strong, well preserved, and strikingly picturesque.

CRAIGMON, mountain on north side of Loch Miulie,in Glenfarrar, Inverness-shire.

CRAIGMONY, prominent rocky hill in Urquhart parish, Inverness-shire.

CRAIGMORE, seat near Ascog, Isle of Bute.

CRAIGMORE, mountain, 2306 feet high, 14 miles north-north-east of Lairg, Sutherland.

CRAIGMORE, precipitous hill, flanking part of Aberfoyle vale, in Aberfoyle parish, Perthshire.

CRAIG-NA-COHELIG, great mural crag at side of Loch Lubnaig, Perthshire.

CRAIG -NA-FEILE, insulated natural pillar, looking like a statue, near Loch Staffin, Isle of Skye.

CRAIGNAIR, hill, with granite quarry, in Buittle parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

CRAIGNEIL, ruined ancient fortalice, believed to have been a retreat of King Robert Bruce, in Colmonell parish, Ayrshire.

CRAIGNETHAN, ruined ancient castle, on Nethan river, about a mile from the Clyde, in Lesmahagow parish, Lanarkshire. It was built by an ancestor of the Duke of Hamilton ; figured long as both a noble residence and a strong fort ; is said to have been inhabited by Queen Mary for several days, on the eve of the battle of Langside ; suffered removal of most of its walls for erection of neighbouring buildings ; and, as depicted by his imagination, was Sir "Walter Scott's ' Tillietudlem Castle ' in his Old Mortality.

CRAIGNEUK, town, about | mile east of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, if has a public school with about 450 scholars, and is near an excellent flagstone quarry.

CRAIGNISDALE, hill in Kilmuir parish, Isle of Skye. It is partly precipitous and basaltic, has a height of about 1000 feet, and is crowned by the Quiraing.

CRAIGNISH, sea-loch and parish in Lorn district, Argyleshire. The loch opens from lower part of Loch Crinan ; extends 6 miles to the north-east ; has a width of from 3 miles at the mouth to 7 furlongs near the head ; and is sprinkled with numerous islands, islets, and rocks. The parish comprises a peninsula, widening from a point to 2J miles between the loch and Jura Sound ; extends thence to a total length of about 11 miles ; and has an average breadth of about 2 miles. Its post town is Crinan, under Lochgilphead. Real property in 1880-81, 31)50. Pop. 451. The surface is partly flat, partly rugged, and partly an assemblage of moors and hills, with extreme altitude of about 700 feet. The seats are Barbreck, Dail, and Craignish Castle, the last variously ancient and modern, notable for resisting a long siege by Colkitto; and the antiquities include vestiges of eleven Scandinavian forts and remains of two religious houses. The church contains 500 sittings, and the public school has about 71 scholars.


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