Cawpla or Caplaw, a hill in the W of Neilston parish, and a lake on the mutual border of Neilston and Abbey parishes, Renfrewshire. The hill flanks the E side of the lake, 2¼ miles WNW of Neilston village, 17 and has an altitude of 652 feet above sea-level; the lake is a dam on Patrick Water, and, measuring ½ mile by ¾ furlong, is larger in winter than in summer.
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