Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Craigengower

Craigengower, a hill in Straiton parish, Ayrshire, 9 furlongs SE of Straiton village. Rising to a height of 1160 feet above sea-level, it is crowned with a handsome monument to Colonel Blair, who fell in the Crimea; and it commands an extensive view.


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

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Feature Description: "a hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Straiton ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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