Polmaise Castle, a mansion in St Ninians parish, Stirlingshire, near the right bank of the meandering Forth, 3 miles ESE of Stirling. About 1568, William Murray of Touchadam married a daughter and co-heiress of James Cuninghame of Polmaise; and their descendant, Lieut.-Col. John Murray (b. 1831; suc. 1862), holds 6813 acres in the shire, valued at £9894 per annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
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