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Rh CRAIG INN'. 876 or. of Loochel, in the co. of Aberdeen, Scotland, 5 miles II was begun bv Hoger and completed hy liishop Forbes, of Corse, u. mencement of the 17th century, with the motto, " Do not wak"ii slei 'pin dougs." It is surrounded by Macbeth'* i".im, and other tumuli, and is the property of Sir W. Forbes, of Fintray. CUAHi INN, "it vil. in the par. of Lochalsh, in tbo oo. of Koss. CKAKUNOCK, a bog on the boundary of the bare, of Ibricken and Moyarta, in the co. of Clare, prov. of Munster, Ireland, about 1 mile E. of the upper part of Dunbeg Bay. It extends over 1,09;! aeres. Thr river Newer carries off its sup iters. CRAIGMILL, a vil. in the par. of Logic, in the co. of Clackmannan, Scotland, 6 miles N.W. of Clackmannan. CRAIGM1LLAR CASTLE, in the co. of Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 miles S.E. of Edinburgh. It was built shortly after the Norman conquest, and was burnt by the English under the Earl of Hertford, in 1.5M. It was subsequently restored by Mury Queen of Scots, who named it fetite France, and converted it into a rojral palace. The pile, which is now an ivy-mantled ruin, includes the keep, dining-hall, queen's chamber, - by 7, and part of the outer walls. CUAIGNETHAN CASTLE, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 6 miles N.W. of Lanark. It is situated on a rock overhanging the river Ncthan, and was giv James V. to Sir James Hamilton. It subsequ passed to the Douglases. The room called the " queen's chamber" was the apartment where Mary Queen of Scots slept on her escape from Lochlcven. This castle is sometimes called Druplianc, and is said to be the original of Sir Walter Scott's " Tillietudli in." CRAIGNISH, a par. in the district and co. of Argyle, Scotland. It is bounded by Loch Craignish ana the Atlantic on the W., and by the pars, of Kilmelford, Dalavich, and Kilmartin on the N., E., and S. It extends 11 miles in a north-easterly direction, with a breadth of about 2 miles. The coast-lino, which is 16 miles in extent, is romantic from its numerous islands and clill's, against which the tide, flowing from the Sound of Jura, dashes itself with great violence. The soil is, for the most part, unproductive. The landowners are Campbell of Barbreck, residing in Barbreck House ; McDougall, of Lunga, occupying Dail House; and C. Gascoignc, Esq., residing at Craignish Castle. There are many fortified eminences supposed to bo of Danish origin, together with numerous cairns and tumuli, one of which is said to be raised over Olaus, a prince of Denmark, who is reported to have been slain in u which was fought in the neighbourhood. There is con- stant communication with the Clyde, by means of the Glasgow and Inverness steamers. This par. is in the presb. of Inverary, .-md in the patron, of the Duke of Argyle. The stipend of the minister is 170. CKA1GO, a vil. in the par. of Logic Pert, iu the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 5 miles N.W. of Montrose. It is situated on the river North Esk. CBAIG-OF-MADEKTV, a demesne in tin- district and co. of Perth, SoOtiaad, It contains the vil. of St. David's, and was erected into -a burgh of barony in 1626. It formerly contained a village called Craig. CEAIGROTHIE, a vil in the jur. of (Vres, in the co. of Fife, Scotland, 3 miles S.E. of Cujuir, find 13 from Edinhurgh. CKAIGTON, a vil. in the juir. ol" Moiiikic, in the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 7 miles N.E. of Duml. i also another place of this name in ih. CO. <>| Linlithguw. CRAIGTON FIELD, a vil. in the par. of Kilputrick, in tho co. of Duni' miles N. of 1;. i.tr. V. CRA1GTOWN, a vil. in the par. of Minni^a!!'. in the co. of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, a miles li b to wart. CRAIKE, a par. in tho wap. of Huh v.it'u Riding of the co. of York, 2} miles N.E. of E.i-iiii,'v..M. its port town, and 5J from the Alne station The village U situated on a hill, on the summit of which stand the . -A
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viown. This castle is njuaries to have belonged to tin Northumbrian kings. Tho parish is large, and was, until recently, in the co. of Durham. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is ft stone edifice, partly in the Gothic st itainfl a font, and some fine specimens of stained-glass. ThM rhaiities amount to A num. The Primitive and Wcsleyan Methodists have each a chap'-l. There hools for both sex beate springs at the base of the hill. W. Waite, Esq., is lord nl' the manor. CHAIL, a par. in 1! St. An.ln W'H, in the co. of Fit'. It is situated in the most easleiH part of tho count .mmonly called " tho EatA Neuk ot File." it extends U.} miles V. of Fitencss, anm is bounded on the N. by Duriuo and Kings barns, ontkl I :. by tin hi -a, on tho S. by the son and Kilrenny, anil on the W. by Kilrenny and Carnbeo. The surface iM Hat and iininti -resting. Sandstone and ironstone Ufl worked, tin exportation, as the coal whkfl formerly v. exhausted. Tho chief seats ! Airdrie, Wonnistone, Kirkm. le.'-muir Honfjfl and Balcomio Castle, which last is now m iM former large extent to one wing, which serves at landmark to mariners. The estate of Baleen to Sir Thomas Erskinc, great grandson of the ] of Kcllie, to whom i' : Belonged. Cflifl st. mum-, one of the cai. '-ings, is s been beheaded by the Danes in 874, in a Balcomic. The same people are also said to have 1 a low ridge of rough stonoe, half : mile in length, i enclosing a space of ground near the Ness. This par. in tin presb. of St. Andrew's, and in the patron, Karl of Glasgow. The -le minister is 28 The parish church is believed to be as old as the time I David I. Here is also a Free chunh, ami MI 1'niti Pie.shyterian church. The town of Crail is fituati 2 miles W.S.NV. Its aneient '. Caryk, or Cat mile, and it was a phicc of iin] early as the middle of the 9t) i church (which is still entire, and of which James ! Archbishop of St. Andrew's, was once mini Knox preached on the 19th of I. and next day led a mob to demolish the Sl. Andrew's. On the cliff ut the I', of the hai the remains of a castle which was occupied as a i by David I. The two parallel streets of whi> consists were anciently closed by gates. Tl harbour of Crail is small and insecure ; but : that at a moderate expense, the ancient harbour, to the E. of the present one, might be convert"! into i harbour of refuge. Crail was, more than a cei much resorted to hy those engaged in the hi -n-ing and largo quantities of that fish w n i un 1 hi is a royal burgh, having received its I Robert 'Bruce in 1306. It is now governed by a pro' 2 bailies, 17 councillors, and a trea-iin-r. I Cupar-1 Vndrcw's, Kilrenny, 1' Anstiuthir, ami Pittenweem, iu f > ueiit. The population ol the burgh in ls')l was 1,'Ji; ; in 1 l.'.'l I. Housi-s ' : in l.M'.l. . '1 in 1H61, 'Jl'i. ( RAILING, a par. in the distriet of Jnlbip It c.mtai I 'lailin'j. ami I 1 ', 0] I the N. by tin- pir. ol Koxburgh, on tin- F.. .11 the S! by .ledburgh, and on th.  N. to 8., and its bre:nlth li ,'-h way. Tin' i '., dividi I'ljually. and by it.sw.. those of its tributaries, through a rich, we!! ami wiKKled eiiimtry, ;< t" the bea i.-w, far an. rnum n, is obtained from tie' tup of a eoluini lieugh, a hill some .'iiio I. ot in . in inemoiy ot' ti north of Lothian, whose mansion ot M is i "