Polmaise Castle, a mansion in St Ninians parish, Stirlingshire, near the right bank of the meandering Forth, 3 miles ESE of Stirling. About 1568, William Murray of Touchadam married a daughter and co-heiress of James Cuninghame of Polmaise; and their descendant, Lieut.-Col. John Murray (b. 1831; suc. 1862), holds 6813 acres in the shire, valued at £9894 per annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.

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