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Cassencarrie, a mansion in Kirkmabreck parish, SW Kirkcudbrightshire, ½ mile S of Creetown. An old building with a tower, it stands finely in a level holm- the Cree in front, and Larg Hill (969 feet) to the rear. Its owner, Jas. Caird, Esq., C. B., F. R. S. (b. 1816), the agricultural reformer, holds 2036 acres in the shire, valued at £1297 per annum.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Kirkmabreck ScoP Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty |
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