Craighall, an estate, with a mansion, in Rattray parish, Perthshire, 3 miles N of Blairgowrie. 'A modernised ancient edifice, on a peninsulated rock, rising 214 feet sheer from the Ericht, and formerly defended on the land side by a fosse and two towers,' the mansion was visited by Scott in the summer of 1793, and was one of the prototypes of 'Tully-Veolan' in Waverley. The Rattrays of Craighall-Rattray are said to date back to the reign of Malcolm Ceannmor (1057-93); and the present proprietor, Lieut. -Gen. Clerk Rattray, C. B. (b. 1832; suc. 1851), holds 3256 acres in the shire, valued at £2928 per annum.

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