Leven, the name of an old ruined castle and also of a modern mansion, the two standing close to one another, in Innerkip parish, Renfrewshire, on the sea-shore 2 miles SW of Kempock Point, in Gourock. The castle comprises two quadrangular towers about 30 feet high, and with very thick walls. Till 1547 it belonged to a branch of the Mortons, but at that date it passed into the hands of the Sempills, and is now the property of the Shaw-Stewarts.

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