Balgreggan, an estate, with a mansion, the seat of Wm. Maitland, Esq. (7848 acres, £5882 per annum), in Stoneykirk parish, Wigtownshire. A mote near the mansion, 460 feet in circumference and 60 high, was engirt by a large fosse, and has on the top a curious excavation.

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