Bombie, a ruined castle in Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 3 miles E of Kirkcudbright town. It belonged from 1227 and earlier to the Maclellans, ancestors of the Barons Kirkcudbright (1633-1832). A glen, a hill (400 feet), and a small hamlet of its own name are in its vicinity.

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