Blervie, an estate, with a mansion, in Rafford parish, Elginshire, 4 miles ESE of Forres. It belonged anciently to the family of Dunbar, was purchased about the beginning of last century by Alexander Mackintosh, and was sold by him to the Earl of Fife. An ancient castle on it, built apparently about the end of the 14th century, consisted of an oblong edifice with a square corner tower; was mainly taken down to furnish materials for the present mansion; and is now represented only by that tower, a five-story structure, commanding a view over parts of seven counties. Four large standing stones, believed to have formed part of a Caledonian stone circle, are near the tower.

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