Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Craigieburn

Craigieburn, an estate, with a mansion, in Moffat parish, Dumfriesshire, on the right bank of Moffat Water, 2¾ miles E of Moffat town. Craigieburn Wood was a favourite haunt of the poet Burns about 1789, the birthplace of Jean Lorimer, his 'Chloris. '


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

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Feature Description: "an estate, with a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Moffat ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty

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