Burn, an estate, with a mansion, in Fettercairn parish, SW Kincardineshire, on the left bank of the North Esk, 1½ mile N of Edzell. The mansion was built in 1791 by Lord Adam Gordon; its present owner, Major Wm. M'Inroy, holds 4988 acres in the shire, valued at £3182 per annum.

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