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Loch o' th' Lowes
Loch o' th' Lowes
	Loch o' th' Lowes and Lochside House Hotel buildings
	Loch o' th' Lowes The location of Loch o' th' Lowes, East Ayrshire
Location	East Ayrshire, Scotland
Coordinates	55°24′18.6″N 4°12′33.7″W / 55.405167°N 4.209361°W
Type	Freshwater loch
Primary inflows	Creoch Loch, Lochill Burn, rainfall and runoff
Primary outflows	Lochside Burn
Basin countries	Scotland
Max. length	600 m (2,000 ft)
Max. width	550 m (1,800 ft)
Islands	Two (19th century)
Settlements	New Cumnock

Loch o' th' Lowes (NS 60183 14581), Lochside^[1] or Meikle Creoch Loch^[2] is a freshwater loch in the Parish of New Cumnock in the East Ayrshire Council Area, Scotland. One of three linked lochs, it is overlooked by the A76 road and is located in a glacial kettle hole.

The loch

McMichael records that in wet weather the three lochs combined as one and suggests that until the trap dyke on the River Nith below Corsancone Hill wore down the Cum Loch covered the whole area as far as the watershed at Sannock Hill and had a shape and surface area similar to Loch Doon.^[3]

Loch o' th' Lowes, in New Cumnock Parish, situated at the foot of Lowesmuir. A Middle English derivation of the name is suggested to be law, meaning 'low' or alternatively the name Lowes is derived from the personal name Lothus, brother of Urien of Rheged.^[4] The 'Loch of Flames' has also been suggested.^[1] Another derivation may be a duplication, the word itself being a form of 'loch'.^[5]

A Loch of Lowes is located in the River Tay Basin near Perth and a Loch of the Lowes is found near Selkirk in the River Tweed basin. Lowes Loch in North Ayrshire is said to have derived its name from the Celtic for 'Hill'.^[6]

The name Lochside is derived from the shooting lodge, now a hotel (2011), built by the Marquis of Bute.^[7]

The 'Runner' is a deep and broad ditch that was dug many years back to link the three lochs of Lowes, Black, and Creoch.^[1]

Islets

The 19th century OS maps indicated two islets, one small and close to the southern lochshore and the other larger and near the western lochshore.

Cartographic evidence

Robert Gordon's map of 1636–52 shows a single loch with an outflow only, running into the River Nith.^[8] Blaeu's map of 1654, based on the earlier map by Timothy Pont, also shows a single loch named Loch of the Lowis (sic), however a Black Loch 'section' is recorded at the northern end.^[9] John Adair's map of 1685 shows a single 'L of Lon'.^[10] Roys map of 1747 shows a loch named Loch Side.^[11] Armstrong's map of 1775 shows a 'Lows' loch with no islands indicated.^[12] Thomson's 1832 map shows a Lochside Loch with one inflow and a single island.^[13]

The 1857 OS map shows a Lochside Loch with two islets and a peninsula that is nearly a third islet. A significant area of wetland adjoins the loch with a minor ironstone pit located within it near Meikle Creoch Farm.^[14]

Uses

The owners of Lochside House at one time held the sporting rights of the loch. A boathouse was located at Lochside. Perch, pike, and eels were common in the loch. The approximate depth of the loch was four feet over quite a large area, making swimming relatively safe.^[1]

Natural history

A pair of great crested grebes nested here in the 20th century and other species present were the reed warbler, coaltop, snipe, meadow pippet, lapwing, etc.^[1]

Micro-history

The Earl of Dumfries proposed to make a 'cut' from the River Nith in New Cumnock through the Loch o' th' Lowes and Creoch Loch to the Black Loch in order to provide a supply of water to power a factory he intended to build on the Glaisnock Water. This would have resulted in part of the waters of the River Nith flowing onto the Clyde rather than the Solway, however the development was never carried to fruition.^[15]

Fanciful imagination has pictured a trout swimming up the River Ayr, passing into the Lugar Water at Barskimming, entering the Black Loch via the Glaisnock Water and thence into the Black Loch. The second outflow from the loch would carry the trout into Creoch Loch, then into the Loch o' th' Lowes, the River Nith and finally into the Solway Firth after a journey of around 70 miles (110 kilometres).^[16]

Love records that a witch, transformed into a hare, was shot by a young man at Lowes Farm and the inevitable curse was prevented by the firing of a piece of silver at the exact spot where the animal had been wounded.^[17]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Captain Number 2^{[permanent dead link‍]} Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ McMichael, Page 86
^ Place-names of New Cumnockl^{[permanent dead link‍]} Retrieved : 2011-12-24
^ Johnston, Page 207
^ Antiquites. R. Love. Retrieved : 2011-12-26
^ Love, Page 186
^ Gordon's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Blaeu's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Adair's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Roy's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Armstrong's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Thomson's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ 6" OS Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27
^ Warrick, Page 11
^ Warrick, Page 10
^ Love (2009), Page 134

Sources

Johnston, J. B. (1903). Place-names of Scotland. Edinburgh : David Douglas.
Love, Dane (2003). Ayrshire : Discovering a County. Ayr : Fort Publishing. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9.
Love, Dane (2009). Legendary Ayrshire. Custom : Folklore : Tradition. Auchinleck : Carn. ISBN 978-0-9518128-6-0.
McMichael, George. Notes on the Way Through Ayrshire. Ayr : Hugh Henry.
Warrick, John (1899). The History of Old Cumnock. Reprint. Cumnock : Carn Publishing.

[C-1] Captain Number 2^{[permanent dead link‍]} Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[2] Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[3] McMichael, Page 86

[4] Place-names of New Cumnockl^{[permanent dead link‍]} Retrieved : 2011-12-24

[5] Johnston, Page 207

[L-6] Antiquites. R. Love. Retrieved : 2011-12-26

[7] Love, Page 186

[8] Gordon's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[9] Blaeu's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[10] Adair's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[11] Roy's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[12] Armstrong's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[13] Thomson's Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[14] 6" OS Map Retrieved : 2011-12-27

[15] Warrick, Page 11

[W-16] Warrick, Page 10

[17] Love (2009), Page 134

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Loch o' th' Lowes (New Cumnock)

The loch

Cartographic evidence

Uses

Natural history

Micro-history

See also

References

Notes

Sources

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