Walter Scott
It is widely reported that Craignethan Castle was the inspiration for "Tillietudlem Castle", in Sir Walter Scott's novel, Old Mortality. This may or may not be the case, but when a nearby railway station was opened in 1876, on the Coalburn Branch of the Caledonian Railway, it was named Tillietudlem, and a nearby hamlet has since adopted this name.
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