Leys Castle, a fine modern mansion in the detached section of Croy and Dalcross parish, Inverness-shire, 3½ miles SSE of Inverness. Standing 520 feet above sea-level, it commands a beautiful view of mountain and valley, water and wood. Its owner, John Baillie Baillie, Esq. (b. 1835; suc. 1865), holds 2142 acres in the shire, valued at £1683 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 84, 1876.

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