Barnslee, an estate, with a mansion, in Markinch parish, Fife. The mansion stands ¼ mile E of Markinch village, was called originally Dalginch, afterwards Brunton; and is said to occupy the site of a castle of Macduff, Thane of Fife. An absurd popular tradition alleges that a subterranean passage goes from it, nearly 3 miles, to Maiden Castle.

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