Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gartshore

Gartshore, an estate, with a mansion, in Kirkintilloch parish, Dumbartonshire. The mansion, standing 3 miles E of Kirkintilloch town, is a fine old edifice, with beautiful surrounding woods. The estate was purchased, a few years before his death, by Alexander Whitelaw, Esq., who owned 1710 acres in Dumbartonshire, valued at £5755 per annum, of which £3781 was for minerals. See Gartsherrie.—Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.


(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: Kirkintilloch ScoP       Dunbartonshire ScoCnty

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