Craig-Gowan, a wooded height (1437 feet) in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, 9 furlongs S by E of Balmoral. On it are Prince Albert's Cairn (1863), and others, the first of which was reared on 11 Oct. 1852, by the Queen, the Prince Consort, and all the royal children, according to age. See Balmoral and p. 101 of the Queen's Journal (ed. 1877).

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