Burgie, an estate, with a mansion, in Rafford parish, Elginshire, 3¼ miles E by N of Forres. It belonged to the Abbots of Kinross, and passed, in 1567, to the family of Dunbar. A strong castle was built upon it in 1602; and is now represented by only a large, beautiful, six-story square tower, surmounted by battlements, and commanding an extensive view. An addition was made to the castle in 1702, in form of a more modernised building; but both this and the greater part of the castle were taken down in 1802 for building the present contiguous mansion.

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