Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Curriehill

Curriehill, an estate, with a mansion, in Currie parish, Edinburghshire, 1 mile SW of Curriehill station on the Caledonian, this being 5½ miles SW of Edinburgh. A castle, a little W of the mansion, figured as a place of strength in the time of Queen Mary, being held by the Queen's opponents. See Currie.


(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: Currie ScoP       Midlothian ScoCnty

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