Kingcausie, an estate, with a mansion, in Maryculter parish, Kincardineshire, near the right bank of the Dee, 1½ mile E by S of Culter station. Its owner, Archer Irvine-Fortescue, Esq. of Swanbister (b. 1819; suc. 1875), holds 1889 acres in Kincardineshire and 2620 in Orkney, valued at £1583 and £387 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1873.

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