Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Craighlaw

Craighlaw, an estate, with a handsome, modern mansion, engirt by well-wooded policies, in Kirkcowan parish, Wigtownshire, 1¼ mile W by N of Kirkcowan village. Its owner, Malcolm Fleming Hamilton, Esq. (b. 1869; suc. 1876), holds 6300 acres in the shire, valued at £2577 per annum.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an estate, with a handsome, modern mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Kirkcowan ScoP       Wigtownshire ScoCnty

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