Kirroughtree or Kirouchtree (Celt. caer-Uchtred, 'fort of Uchtred'), a mansion, with finely wooded grounds, in Minnigaff parish, W Kirkcudbrightshire, 1 mile NE of Newton-Stewart. Its owner, Capt. John Maxwell Heron-Maxwell (b. 1836; suc. 1870), Liberal M.P. for the county since 1880, holds 12,300 acres in the shire, valued at £3452 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 4, 1857.

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