Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Argrennan

Argrennan, an estate, with a mansion, in Tongland parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. The mansion, the seat of John Maitland, Esq., M.P. for the shire (1874-80), stands on the river Dee, 4 miles SW of Castle-Donglas. It was mainly built about the year 1818; bore, for some time, the name of Deebank; and is a spacious edifice, engirt by woods.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an estate, with a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Tongland ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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