Glorat, a mansion in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire, 1 mile E of Lennoxtown, and 1 ¼ NW of Milton. The lands of Glorat came by marriage to Sir John Stirling, armourbearer to James I., by whom he was knighted in 1430; and his descendant, Sir Charles-Elphinstone-Fleming Stirling, eighth Bart. since 1666 (b. 1832; suc. 1861), holds 2700 acres in the shire, valued at £2040 per annum, including £247 for a colliery. A finely timbered demesne lies around the house, and contains vestiges of two ancient Caledonian forts.—Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.

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