Gazetteer of Scotland

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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 Orinan,
under Lochgilphead. Real property in
1880-81, £3950. Pop. 451. The surface
is partly flat, partly rugged, and partly an
assemblage of moors and hills, with ex-
treme 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.
CRAIGNISTON, hill and burn in Fordoun
parish, Kincardineshire.
CRAIGNURE, small bay and hamlet on
east side of Mull Island, Argyleshire.
The bay goes inward from Duart Castle ;
and the hamlet lies near its head, and
has a post office under Oban, an inn, and a
church.
CRAIGO, village and seat on the North
Esk, 21J miles north-east of Forfar. The
village is a seat of manufacture, and has a
railway station, and a public school with
about 110 scholars. Pop. 124.
CRAIGOBNEY, hill in Auchtergaven
pai'ish, Perthshire.
CRAIGOCH, burn in Portpatrick parish,
"Wigtonshire.
CRAIGOWL, hill, 1100 feet high, in
Tealing parish, Forfarshire. It is one of
the loftiest of the Sidlaws.
CRAIG-PHADRICK, hill, 1150 feet high,
2 miles west of Inverness. It commences
the north-west hill-flank of the Great
Glen ; has wooded acclivities, rocky escarp-
ments, and a tabular summit ; is crowned
by a large, oblong, double-walled vit-
rified fort ; and commands an extensive
view.
CRAIGROSSIE, mountain, culminating
4 miles east-south-east of Auchterarder,
Perthshire. It has a height of 2359 feet
above sea-level, and is one of the most pro-
minent of the Ochils.
CRAIGROTHIE, village, 2 miles west of
Ceres, Fife.
CRAIGROWNIE, quoad sacra parish, with
church between Kilcreggan and Cove, on
Roseneath peninsula, Dumbartonshire.
Pop. 1136.
CRAIGROYSTON, cave on east side of
Loch Lomond, If mile north of Inversnaid.
It is said to have given shelter to King
Robert Bruce, and to have been used by
Rob Roy for holding council with his sub-
alterns ; and it is often called Rob Roy's
Cave.
CRAIGS, village at boundary between
Polmont and Muiravonside parishes,
Stirlingshire. Pop. with Compthall and
Rumford, 314.
CRAIGS, place near Old Kilpatrick,
Dumbartonshire. It has a United Presby-
terian church.
CRAIGS, estate in "Westerkirk parish,
Dumfriesshire.
CRAIGSIMMY, hill in Creich parish, Fife.
CRAIGS OF KYLE. See Cotlton.
CRAIGSPARROW, hill in Newburgk
parish, Fife.
CRAIGSTON, castellated seat in King-
Edward parish, Aberdeenshire.
CRAIGSTON, place in Barra parish,
Outer Hebrides. It has a public school
with about 56 scholars.
CRAIGTHORNHILL, seat in Glassford
parish, Lanarkshire.
CRAIGTON, village in Monikie parish,
Forfarshire. It has a post office under
Carnoustie.
CRAIGTON, place within Peterhead
burgh, Aberdeenshire. It has a public
school with about 142 scholars.
CRAIGTON, place in New Kilpatrick
parish, Dumbartonshire. It has a public
school with about 56 scholars.
CRAIGTON, seat near the railway, west
of Pollockshields, Renfrewshire.
CRAIGTON, estate in Abercorn parish,
Linlithgowshire.
CRAIGTURRAH, acclivitous hill in
Tynron parish, Dumfriesshire.
CRAIGVINEAN, long rugged wooded
hill-ridge in Little Dunkeld parish, Perth-
shire. It figures prominently in the grand
scenery around Dunkeld, and commands
extensive views.
CRAIKMOOR, hill in Roberton parish,
Roxburghshire.
CRAIL, town and parish in south-east
corner of Fife. The town stands on the
coast, 4 miles east-north-east of An-
struther ; is a seaport and a royal burgh,
uniting with St. Andrews and 5 other Fife
burghs in sending a member to Parliament ;
had anciently a royal castle, inhabited by
David I. ; retains in many of its houses an
antique aspect ; contains an ancient fine
Gothic church, famous as the place where
John Knox preached the sermon which
created the popular rush against the
monasteries ; figures more in fisheries than
in commerce or manufactures ; and has a
post office with money order and telegraph
departments, designated of Fifeshire, a
banking office,apublic library, some ruins of
an ancient priory, a Free church, a United
Presbyterian church, and 2 public schools
with about 263 scholars. Real property in
1880-81, £3441. Pop. 1145.— The parish
includes Fifeness, has about 4 miles of
coast, and measures 6 miles in length, and
about 2| miles in extreme breadth. Acres,
6383. Real property of landward part in
1880-81, £11,766. Pop. of the whole, 1752.
The coast is mostly bold and rocky ; and the
interior rises abruptly thence to elevations
of from 20 to 80 feet, swells gradually
thence to the west, and has a prevailingly