Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Capenoch

Capenoch, an estate, with a modern mansion, in Keir parish, W Dumfriesshire, on the right bank of Shinnel Water, 3¼ miles WSW of Thornhill. From the Griersons it came by marriage to the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn in the first half of the 17th century; its present owner, Thos. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. (b. 1805), holds 1302 acres in the shire, valued at £1257 per annum.


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

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Feature Description: "an estate, with a modern mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Keir ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty

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