Criffel Diamonds
    It is strongly reported that this hill is full of these precious stones, but never can any of them be obtained...
  
- Criffel Diamond, Richard Ayton (1815)
 - The Legend of Richard Faulder, Mariner, Allan Cunningham (1822)
 - Annonymous Literature — No. III, Samuel Killigrew (1823)
 - Criffle Diamonds, John Mactaggart (1824)
 - The Magic Diamond on or in Criffel, Thomas Carlyle (c. 1830)
 - A Large Diamond on Criffel, Samuel Arnott (1896)
 - Further Report on Folklore in Scotland, Walter Gregor (1898)