Criffel

But Fairford felt annoyed with deadly sickness, as well as by pain of a distressing and oppressive character; and neither Criffel, rising in majesty on the one hand, nor the distant yet more picturesque outline of

Redgauntlet 2008

From the quarterdeck, he could plainly see the snow-fringed peak of the Criffel, the mountain he had seen rising up before him every morning as he walked to the parish school in Kirkbean as a boy.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

From the quarterdeck, he could plainly see the snow-fringed peak of the Criffel, the mountain he had seen rising up before him every morning as he walked to the parish school in Kirkbean as a boy.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

There once lived a giant on Criffel which was on the opposite coast of the Solway Firth, while another giant lived on Skiddaw, one of the highest mountains in Cumberland.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

On the sea coast a sunken forest existed, while the shore was covered with granite boulders of many sizes and shapes, and large numbers of similar stones were ploughed up in the fields, all apparently ice-borne, and having been carried mostly from Criffel on the Scottish coast, and the following legend was told here to explain their presence on the

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Borderland; we could see Skiddaw and Helvellyn to the north-west, and even thought we saw Criffel looming in the haze beyond Solway; to the east the great hills beside Crossfell lifted their great rampire and gave a sense of security to the green vale below.

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

Criffel across from Dumfries-shire, and the castle of Ellangowan is certainly described from the ruins of Caerlaverock, opposite New Abbey.

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett

We went out to walk over long hills, and looked at Criffel, then without his cap, and down into Wordsworth’s country.

I. English Traits. First Visit To England 1909

Who had taken me to the humble cottage under Criffel, who had poured into my ear his ambitions and his wrongs when we had sat together in the dingy room of the Castle Yard sponging-house.

Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

We had long been in sight of Criffel, towering ahead of us, whose summit had beckoned for cycles to Helvellyn and Saddleback looming up to the southward, marking the wonderland of the English lakes.

Richard Carvel — Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909