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Lochend Loch, Coylton
Lochend Loch, which once had nearly three acres in surface area is now only a small freshwater loch remnant. It lies in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying on the hill above Joppa, between Gallowhill and Lochend Farm. History The loch Lochend Loch was a post-glacial 'Kettle Hole' lying within a substantial depression and fed by the relatively minor flow of the Joppa Burn, field runoff and rainfall, its outflow running into the Water of Coyle as the Barwhey or Barquey Burn. A small islet is indicated on the early OS maps, no longer shown when the loch level was lowered in the late 1890s or early 1900s. Roy's map of 1747 shows the then sizeable loch with a roughly circular island near the centre of the loch; the outflow joined the Water of Coyle near Coyle bridge. Armstrong's map of 1775 shows the loch. The OS maps suggest that the water flow could be controlled so as to set the level of the loch. OS maps also show that the size has been greatly reduced and in 2011 only a sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coylton
Coylton ( sco, Culton) is a village and civil parish in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is east of Ayr and west of Drongan, on the A70 road, A70. Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly dates to the 13th century. A rocking stone stands atop the Craigs of Kyle near Coylton. It weighs about 30 tons and rests upon two stones. A large standing stone known as Wallace's Stone stands nearby.James Paterson (journalist), Paterson, James (1863). ''History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton.'' Vol. I. - Kyle. James Stillie, Edinburgh. pp.217–218. The village is also home to a parish church of the Gothic style, built in 1832. Notable people Professional footballers George Getgood (1892–1970) and David Affleck (1912–1984) were born in Coylton. Coylton was also home to one of Ayrshire's celebrated artists. Robert Bryden (1865–1939) was born in the village. After a period working in Ayr, he became a modeller of bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Canary Grass
''Phalaris arundinacea'', or reed canary grass, is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. Other common names for the plant include gardener's-garters in English, ''alpiste roseau'' in French, ''Rohrglanzgras'' in German, ''kusa-yoshi'' in Japanese, ''caniço-malhado'' in Portuguese, and ''hierba cinta'' and ''pasto cinto'' in Spanish.''Phalaris arundinacea''. USDA NRCS Plant Guide. Description The stems can reach in height.Waggy, Melissa, A. 2010.'. In: Fire Effects Information Sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of South Ayrshire
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochs Of South Ayrshire
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling lough is commonly found in place names; in Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling "loch" is always used. Many loughs are connected to stories of lake-bursts, signifying their mythical origin. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs. Some such bodies of water could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays. Background This name for a body of water is Insular CelticThe current form has currency in the following languages: Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx, and has been borrowed into Lowland Scots, Scottish English, Irish English and Standard English. in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. The word comes from Proto-Indo-Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snipe Loch
Snipe Loch (NS385173) or Loch Snipe is a freshwater loch. It is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road next to Clocaird Farm in the Parish of Coylton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch lies to the north of Martnaham Loch, 5 miles (7 km) east of Ayr. History Snipe Loch is a post-glacial 'Kettle Hole' fed by the outflow from Loch Fergus and its outflow running into Martnaham Loch. The early OS maps show a sluice on the outflow, allowing the water level to be controlled. The loch was fed by springs situated near the lane at Cloncaird Farm. The early OS maps show an arm of the loch running almost as far as the lane to old Glencaird (sic). ;Etymology The name could appropriately refer to the bird, snipe, ''Lymnocryptes minimus'', however in Scots the word can refer to a featureless place, lacking significant characteristics, something long and thin, or a boggy place. In Scots the snipe is variously known as a "bluiter wheep, earn-bleater, heather-bleat, mire-snipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martnaham Loch
Martnaham Loch (NS 396 172) is a freshwater loch lying across the border between East and South Ayrshire Council Areas, from Coylton, in the parishes of Coylton and Dalrymple, from Ayr. The loch lies along an axis from northeast to southwest. The remains of a castle lie on a possibly artificial islet within the loch. The Campbells of Loudoun once held the lands, followed by the Kennedys of Cassillis. History The loch Martnaham Loch is a large post-glacial "Kettle Hole" fed by the Sandhill Burn, the Whitehill Burn and an outflow from Snipe Loch which in turn receives water from Loch Fergus. The loch's outflow is at the south-west end and the Sandhill Burn enters at the north-east end. As stated the outflow from Loch Fergus passes into Snipe Loch, this flow entering between Cloncaird Cottages and Martnaham Lodge. A small islet lies off the eastern lochshore and a promontory, once an island, holds the ruins of the old castle. ;Etymology Martnaham is variously recorded as Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindston Loch, South Ayrshire
Lindston Loch (NS 37272 16195) was a small freshwater loch situated within a glacial 'kettle hole.' The loch lies in the South Ayrshire Council Area, Parish of Dalrymple, Scotland. The loch In the 1870s the OS map shows that the loch was circa 200 yards (180 metres) long by 100 yards (90 metres) wide, roughly oval in shape, and of an extent of 1.125ha or 2.78 acres however a section to the south-west had been infilled, possibly with quarrying waste from the nearby abandoned quarries. The loch was fed by burns running down from near Boghall and Balsarroch. Drainage The loch's drainage may have begun in the 18th century when Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton, was pursuing a number of agricultural improvements on his extensive estates and other landowners followed his example. Some drainage work may have taken place in the 1740s because of the improvements undertaken to provide employment for Irish estate workers during the Irish potato famines of the 1740s and the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Fergus
Loch Fergus (NS 3932 1823) is a freshwater post-glacial "Kettle Hole" sometimes recorded as Fergus Loch. It is quite visible and is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road between the farms and dwellings of Trees, Lochfergus and Bowmanston in the Parish of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch lies to the north of Martnaham Loch, east-southeast of Ayr. It drains to the southwest into the Snipe Loch. History The ground running towards Mossend Farm is marshy and prone to extensive flooding, indicating the previous extent of the loch. The outflow is a drain and once higher water levels are illustrated by physical indications of the once higher loch margins. In the work titled ''A Summary of the Character of Scotland'' dated 1624 it is stated that ''Loch Fergus, with an isle with many growing trees, where a great quantity of heron resort with the loch seal. There is a decayed monastery in it.''Cuthbertson, Page 123 Loch Fergus is mentioned in the charter of the Burgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochend Loch - Old Shoreline - North-east
Lochend may refer to the following places: Scotland * Lochend, Edinburgh, a suburb of Edinburgh, named after ** Lochend House, an occupied house containing the remnants of a 16th-century castle ** Lochend Loch (Edinburgh), a small lake near Lochend House in Lochend, Edinburgh ** Lochend Park, a public park in Edinburgh * Lochend, Glasgow, a neighbourhood in the Glasgow suburb of Easterhouse ** Lochend Community High School in Easterhouse, Glasgow * Lochend Castle, Campbeltown, a former castle at Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute * Lochend (Loch Ness), a hamlet on the northern shore of Loch Ness * Lochend Loch (Coylton), a small lake in Ayrshire * Lochend Loch in Drumpellier Country Park, Lanarkshire * Lochend Woods, Dunbar, East Lothian Other countries * Lochend Colliery, a former mine near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia * Lochend House, Campbelltown, an historic home in Adelaide, South Australia * Lochend Road, Alberta, Canada See also * Baillie baronets, of Lochend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochend Loch - Waterfowl Shooters Hide
Lochend may refer to the following places: Scotland * Lochend, Edinburgh, a suburb of Edinburgh, named after ** Lochend House, an occupied house containing the remnants of a 16th-century castle ** Lochend Loch (Edinburgh), a small lake near Lochend House in Lochend, Edinburgh ** Lochend Park, a public park in Edinburgh * Lochend, Glasgow, a neighbourhood in the Glasgow suburb of Easterhouse ** Lochend Community High School in Easterhouse, Glasgow * Lochend Castle, Campbeltown, a former castle at Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute * Lochend (Loch Ness), a hamlet on the northern shore of Loch Ness * Lochend Loch (Coylton), a small lake in Ayrshire * Lochend Loch in Drumpellier Country Park, Lanarkshire * Lochend Woods, Dunbar, East Lothian Other countries * Lochend Colliery, a former mine near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia * Lochend House, Campbelltown, an historic home in Adelaide, South Australia * Lochend Road, Alberta, Canada See also * Baillie baronets, of Lochend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murray Of Broughton
Sir John Murray of Broughton, 7th Baronet of Stanhope (c. 1715 – 6 December 1777), also known as Murray of Broughton, was a Scottish baronet, who served as Jacobite Secretary of State during the 1745 Rising. As such, he was responsible for Jacobite civilian administration, and was by contemporary accounts hardworking and efficient. Captured in June 1746 after the Battle of Culloden, he gave evidence against Lord Lovat, who was later executed. Much of his testimony was directed against those who promised to support the Rising, but failed to do so. Released in 1748, he retired into a life of relative obscurity until his death in 1777. Although denounced as a traitor by some of his former colleagues, he retained his Jacobite beliefs and was one of the few to remain on good terms with Prince Charles. Biography John Murray was born in Broughton in the Scottish Borders, younger son of Sir David Murray and his second wife Margaret Scott. His father took part in the 1715 Rising b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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