CRATHIE, headland in Fordyce parish, Banifshire.

CRAWFORD, village and parish in southern extremity of Lanarkshire. The village stands on the Clyde, 2 miles south-east of Abington, and was once of some importance, but has now a poor appearance. The parish contains also Leadhills town, and measures about 18 miles in length and 14^ in greatest breadth. Acres, 65,407. Real property in 1880-81, 22,063. Pop., quoad civilia, 1763 ; quoad sacra, 698. The surface lies wholly among the Southern Highlands ; includes main part of the Lowther Mountains ; consists of uplands with many intersecting vales ; and has prevailingly a bleak and bare appearance. An ancient estate, comprehending all the parish, gave to the family of Lindsay in 1398 the title of earl, now borne jointly with that of Earl of Balcarres. Crawford Castle, now a ruin, called Tower Lindsay, stands on the Clyde, opposite Crawford village ; and either it, or a previous structure on the same site, is said to have been the scene of a notable exploit by Sir William "Wallace. Newton House is the only modern mansion. The parochial church is at Crawford village, and a quoad sacra parish church is at Leadhills. 3 schools for 168 scholars are in the parish, and 1 of them and an enlargement for 85 are new.

CRAWFORDJOHN, village and parish in upper ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands on Duncaton rivulet, 3f miles from its influx to the Clyde, and has a post office under Abington, a parochial church with 310 sittings, and a public school with about 72 scholars. The parish contains also Abington village, and measures 11 miles in length and about 9 miles in greatest breadth. Area, 26,357 acres. 1 :;.! property in 1880-81, 11,088. Pop., qvoad civilia, 843; quoad sacra, 836. The surface comprises about 3200 acres of arable land, but is chiefly pastoral upland, and includes part of Cairntable Mountain. A feudal tower stands at Snar, and vestiges of a great camp are on Netherton Hill. A Free church is at Abington ; and 4 schools with accommodation for 220 scholars are within the parish.

CRAWFORD PRIORY, modern Gothic castellated seat of the Earl of Glasgow, 2 miles south-west of Cupar, Fife. It was built in 1813, and enlarged in 1871, and has a spired tower 115 feet high.

CRAWFURDLAND, castellated seat, partly ancient and partly modern, 2f-miles east of Kilmaurs, Ayrshire.

CRAWFURDSBURN.

CRAWHILL, seat in Torphichen parish, Linlithgowshire.

CRAWICK, rivulet, running about 9 miles south-westward to the Nitb, near Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.

CRA WICK-BRIDGE, hamlet in Sanquhar parish, Dumfriesshire.

CRAWICK-MILL, suburb of Sanquhar burgh, Dumfriesshire.

CRAWLEY, copious spring and Edinburgh waterworks, among the Pentlands, about 3 miles north-west of Penicuick, Edinburghshire.

CRAWTON, fishing village 4 miles south of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.

CRAY, place, with Free church, in Blairgowrie parish, Perthshire.

CRAYINCH, island, mile north-east of Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond.

CREACHBEN, mountain, 2344 feet high, in south-east of Mull Island, Argyleshire.

CREACHBEN, lofty mountain in Sunart district, Argyleshire.

CREAGACH, headland on south side of Laggan Bay. Islay Island, Argyleshire.

CREAGARRY, place in North Uist, Outer Hebrides. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Lochmaddy.

CREANWALL, two islets in Barra parish, Outer Hebrides.

CREE, river, rising in Ayrshire, running chiefly between Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtonshire, expanding there into a narrow lake nearly 3 miles long, forming a long narrow estuary below Newton-Stewart, achieving a total course of about 25 miles, and entering the head of WigtonBay.

CREEBRIDGE, village on Cree river, in Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. It has a public school with about 134 scholars.

CREED, rivulet, running eastward to Loch Stornoway, in Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

CREETOWN, seaport village on Cree estuary, 1\ miles south-south-east of Newton-Stewart. It dates chiefly from 1785, presents a pleasing intermixture of houses and gardens, and has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Kirkcudbrightshire, a railway station, an inn, a town hall, an Established church, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school with about 76 scholars. Pop. 973.