Muiresk, a mansion in Turriff parish, Aberdeenshire, on the right bank of the Deveron, 2 miles W by S of Turriff town. Its owner, Henry Alexander Farquhar-Spottiswood, Esq. (b. 1859; suc. 1873), holds 1491 acres in the shire, valued at £1397 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876.

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