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.
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