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CRAIGIE, hill in Leuchars parish,
Fife.
CRAIGIE, estate on the Tay, between
Dundee and Broughty - Ferry, Forfar-
shire.
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, 2§ 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, adja-
cent to Beattockrailway station, Dumfries-
shire. It has a post office under Moffat.
CRAIGIEVAR, mansion and hamlet in
Leochel parish, Aberdeenshire. The man-
sion is Craigievar Castle, a renovated old
structure, a seat of Sir William Forbes,
Bart. ; and the hamlet has a post office
under Aberdeen.
CRAIGIEVINEAN. See Ckaigvinean.
CRAIGINLENUE, mountain in Luss par-
ish, Dumbartonshire.
CRAIGLAND, burn on boundary of
Avoch parish. Boss-shire.
CRAIGLAW, seat in Kirkcowan parish,
Wigtonshire.
CRAIGLEA, slate quarry in Fowlis-
Wester 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, hill, seat, hydro-
pathic establishment, and Established
church, about 2 miles south-west of Edin-
burgh. 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, 2J miles north-
east of Milngavie, south border of Stirling-
shire.
CRAIGMARK, village in Dalmellington
parish, Ayrshire. Pop. 383.
CRAIGMARLOCH, village on the Kelvin,
at boundary between Kilsyth and Cum-
bernauld.
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, 2J
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 III., 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 pictur-
esque.
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, Suther-
land.
CRAIGMORE, precipitous hill, flanking
part of Aberfoyle vale, in Aberfoyle par-
ish, 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, Ayr-
shire.
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 build-
ings ; and, as depicted by his imagination,
was Sir Walter Scott's ' Tillietudlem
Castle ' in his Old Mortality.
CRAIGNEUK, town, about J mile east of
Motherwell, Lanarkshire. It 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 precipi-
tous and basaltic, has a height of about
1000 feet, and is crowned by the Quir-
aing.
CRAIGNISH, sea-loch and parish in Lorn
district, Argyleshire. The loch opens from
lower part of Loch Crinan ; extends 6 miles