| Place-name: | Long Craig |
| Suggested Meaning: | long rocky outcrop |
| element | SSE long ‘long’ |
| element | SSE and Scots craig ‘crag, rock’ |
| Blaeu Coila (1654): | N/A |
| OS Name Books (1855-57): | Long Craig |
| Location: | Ordnance Survey (1895) |
Long Craig
The entry in the Ayrshire Ordnance Survey Name Book (1855-57) for Long Craig reads-
A small range of [rocks] near the top of Corson Cone.
The Long Craig is a rocky outcrops that runs diagonally from east to west up the south face of Corsencon hill for a distance of 300 yards.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Maps |
| Reproduced with the Permission of National Library of Scotland |
| https://maps.nls.uk/ |
| Map 1: Ordnance Survey Maps – Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882 (1857) |Long Craig |
| Ordnance Survey Name Books |
| By Permission of Scotland’s Places |
| scotlandsplaces.gov.uk |
| Ayrshire OS Name Books (1855-57) Vol. 49| Long Craig |
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