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The former site of Craigielinn House
• Craigielinn House:
The first-edition map — Link

• Place-names:
As mentioned at Link



• The southwestern building:
The 1858 map — Link


The 1912 map revision — Link


This interpretation is based mainly on the visible remains; maps by themselves shed little light on the use of the southwestern building.
The 1940 map revision — Link

• Craigielinn Boys' Farm:
In the 1920s, Craigielinn House became Craigielinn Boys' Farm, the site of a scheme "for the training of city-bred boys in farm work, with a view to their taking up farm work in the Dominions". In this role, the farm was formally opened by Sir Hugh Shaw Stewart, Bart., and Dr George C Cossar was the driving force behind the initiative. See Link


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