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Snipe Loch (NS385173) or Loch Snipe is a freshwater
Snipe Loch is a post-glacial 'Kettle Hole' fed by the outflow from
Ayrshire Roots
Retrieved : 2011-06-19 Nearly half of the lochshore is dominated by deciduous woodland.
Snipe Fishing Loch
WeBS Count {{Commons category, Snipe Loch Lochs of East Ayrshire History of East Ayrshire Freshwater lochs of Scotland
loch
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...
. It is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road next to Clocaird Farm in the Parish of 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. Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly d ...
, East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...
, 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
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 Bowma ...
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
A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/camouflaging plumage. The ''Gallinago'' snipes have a near ...
, ''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, or moss-bleater." Nearby Loch Fergus and Martnaham Loch are larger and have clear defining features such as castles, islands, etc.
The farm was known as Glencaird on the early OS maps and Old Glencaird id now marked as Cloncaird Cottages.
Uses
The loch is a popular angling loch and is a bird watching site. It is stocked with rainbow trout and also contains perch. pike, and eels, and are frequented by wild-duck, teal, and widgeon.Retrieved : 2011-06-19 Nearly half of the lochshore is dominated by deciduous woodland.
See also
*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. Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly d ...
* 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 ...
* Martnaham Loch
References
;Notes ;Sources * Love, Dane (2003). ''Ayrshire : Discovering a County''. Ayr : Fort Publishing. .External links
Snipe Fishing Loch
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