Bishop's Forest, a height in the NW of Kirkpatrick-Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Rising from a very broad irregular base it attains an altitude of 1285 feet above sea-level; is fringed all round with woods or arable grounds, and ploughed in some parts almost to the summit; and, on the side next Cairn Water, is clothed with plantation for ½ mile from the base; yet, seen from a distance, appears patched with heath and warted with naked rock, and presents a pastoral but commanding appearance.

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