Craighall, an estate, with a ruined, castellated mansion, in Ceres parish, Fife. The ruined mansion stands on the N side of a deep wooded den, traversed by a burn, 3¼ miles SE of Cupar; and, built by Sir Thomas Hope, King's Advocate to Charles I., still presents a grand appearance. See pinkie.

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