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Named after a fictional castle in Sir Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality, which readers thought resembled Craignethan Castle, not far from the hamlet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045). Full definition →
Named after a fictional castle in Sir Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality, which readers thought resembled Craignethan Castle, not far from the hamlet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.