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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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