TO the west of Killin is the
twenty-shilling land of Craignavie, which, in 1573, Ewen Campbell, of Lix,
was infefted in by Sir Colin Campbell, of Glenorchy. In 1643, It belonged to
another Ewen or Hew Campbell, but it afterwards passed into the hands of the
Drummonds, of Perth. James Drummond, Duke of Perth, granted it in feu, 17th
August, 1745, to John Macnabj of that Ilk. It remained in the possession of
the Macnabs till early in this century, when it was sold to Dr. Daniel
Dewar. It changed hands two or three times before it was added to the
Breadalbane property. |