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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lochspouts&params=55_18_58.3_N_4_41_55.0_W_type:landmark_region:GB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°18′58.3″N</span> <span class="longitude">4°41′55.0″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.316194°N 4.698611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.316194; -4.698611</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Drained freshwater loch in South Ayrshire, Scotland</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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water">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Drained freshwater <a href="/wiki/Loch" title="Loch">loch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inflow_(hydrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflow (hydrology)"><span title="Primary inflows: rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data">Pisga and Greentop Burns</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)"><span title="Primary outflows: rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data">overflow into the Ghaist Glen Burn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data">Scotland</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">400 m (1,300 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">100 m (330 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">8 acres (3.2 ha)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">Shallow</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Category:Islands_by_body_of_water" title="Category:Islands by body of water">Islands</a></th><td class="infobox-data">One crannog</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maybole" title="Maybole">Maybole</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lochspouts Loch</b> (NS 2885 0586) or <b>Lochspouts</b> was situated in a hollow, surrounded by hilly ground on three sides and bounded by a narrow trap dyke to the north. The land was once held by the Ferguson family of Kilkerran and lies in the Parish of <a href="/wiki/Kirkoswald,_South_Ayrshire" title="Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire">Kirkoswald</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Ayrshire" title="South Ayrshire">South Ayrshire</a>, Scotland. The loch became a reservoir in the 19th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lochspouts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This roughly oval-shaped loch was about three miles (five kilometres) southwest of Maybole. The natural trap dike dam that held back its waters was the only possible outflow, and several crevices in this barrier allowed excess water to escape so that during times of heavy rainfall several of these "spouts" carried water at the same time, hence "Lochspouts".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main exit was deepened to provide a water supply for a waulkmill, and this significantly lowered the level of the water, exposing the remnants of a crannog.<sup id="cite_ref-A_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Crannog">The Crannog</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lochspouts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Crannog"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg/200px-Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg/300px-Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg/400px-Lochspouts_Loch_site_-_west.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1716" data-file-height="2219" /></a><figcaption>The site of the loch and crannog in 1882</figcaption></figure> <p>As stated, sometime prior to 1879 the water level was lowered and a crannog was exposed within the loch that was now reduced to around 2 acres (0.8 hectares) only.<sup id="cite_ref-C_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dr R. Munro partly excavated the site in 1880<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was shown to be of wood, around 95 feet (29 metres) in internal diameter, with a raised walkway running to the shore. Mainly Roman-Iron Age date finds were discovered, along with some Medieval pottery and other artifacts. All the items found were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (Acc Nos: HW 1-41), including Roman finds such as a melon bead, fragments of second-century Samian pottery, Romano-Celtic bronze dress-fasteners and possibly iron; other artifacts were made of stone, bone, deer horn, jet, and bronze.<sup id="cite_ref-C_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Logboat</dt></dl> <p>About 1875 a logboat was found by Macfadzean during drainage operations on Lochspouts Farm. The boat does not survive and the exact location of the discovery and its relationship to the better-known Lochspouts crannog were not recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage">Usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lochspouts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Waulkmill</dt></dl> <p>James MacFadzean records in 1879 that the outflow of the loch was deepened so as to supply a greater flow to a waulkmill at nearby Knockmill.<sup id="cite_ref-A_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No substantial remains survive of this mill. </p> <dl><dt>Reservoir</dt></dl> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg/200px-Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg/300px-Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg/400px-Lochspouts_Loch_looking_East.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>The East end of the old reservoir.</figcaption></figure> <p>Reservoir construction to provide a water supply for <a href="/wiki/Maybole" title="Maybole">Maybole</a> began here in 1882 largely removing Dr Munro's excavated levels of 1880, however construction revealed finds of amber, bronze, jet.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maybole Historical Society visited the Lochspouts site in 2003, following its partial drainage, and found only a small area of water remaining. A later visit showed higher water levels. Rumours of its future use as an infill site were current at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2011 the reservoir was full and overflowing down the spillway. </p><p>A recorded comment on the water of the old loch is <i>"Lochspouts is a' richt for washing claes, but gie me the Weiltrees when I'm drouthy"</i>. In October 1933, Lochspouts dried up and once again the townsfolk had to draw water from the towns old wells and boys went around the town selling water at fourpence per pail.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cartographic_evidence">Cartographic evidence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lochspouts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cartographic evidence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg/220px-Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg/330px-Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg/440px-Lochspouts_Reservoir_-_geograph.org.uk_-_826855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Lochspouts Loch and farm</figcaption></figure> <p>Thomson map of 1832 records Lochspouts.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 19th century <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey" title="Ordnance Survey">Ordnance Survey</a> maps show the site clearly.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an inflow from the two minor burns, the Pisga and the Greentop, exiting to run down to the Ghaist Glen Burn via a single burn. The 1854-9 6 inch OS map refers to the site as Lochspouts Pond. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px"><div style="position:relative;width:150px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lochspouts Loch is located in Scotland"><img alt="Lochspouts Loch is located in Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg/150px-Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg/225px-Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg/300px-Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1128" data-file-height="1483" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:87.538%;left:48.929%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lochspouts Loch"><img alt="Lochspouts Loch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div>Lochspouts Loch</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotland_relief_location_map.jpg" title="File:Scotland relief location map.jpg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Previous location of Lochspouts, South Ayrshire</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Micro-history">Micro-history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lochspouts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Micro-history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A possible oval-shaped cairn is situated near the Lochspouts farmhouse; measuring 9m by 7.2m and 0.5m in height.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two stone axes are said to have been found at Lochspouts (NS 285 058) and these were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1978-9 by the Marquess of Ailsa.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The loch is a WEBS (Wetland Bird Survey) site.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lochspouts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">AWAS, Page 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maybole.org/history/archives/prehistoric/man.htm">John Smith</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/116890/details/lochspouts/">RCAHMS</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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Historic Environment Scotland<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Canmore&rft.atitle=Lochspouts%3A+Crannog&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcanmore.org.uk%2Fsite%2F40831%2Flochspouts&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALochspouts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maybole.org/community/organisations/historical/newsletters/Newsletter%2027.pdf">MHS Newsletter 27</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maybole.org/history/books/carrickscapital/adamsale.htm">Maybole Carrich Capital</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100706030702/http://www.maybole.org/history/books/carrickscapital/adamsale.htm">Archived</a> 2010-07-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/view/?rsid=74400168&sid=74400169&mid=547">Thomson's Map</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://geo.nls.uk/os25inch/">NLS Maps</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110411080517/http://geo.nls.uk/os25inch/">Archived</a> 2011-04-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved : 2011-04-17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/40818/details/lochspouts/">RCAHMS</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/40816/details/lochspouts/">RCAHMS</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blx1.bto.org/websonline/public/gpub-boundary.jsp?loclabel=72002_Lochspouts%20Maybole~NS288058">WEBS</a> Retrieved : 2011-05-01</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <dl><dt>Sources</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316" /><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ol><li>Arch & Hist Coll Ayr & Winton. 1882. 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Former burghs</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ballantrae" title="Ballantrae">Ballantrae</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Girvan" title="Girvan">Girvan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maybole" title="Maybole">Maybole</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Others</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Auchencrosh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Auchencrosh (page does not exist)">Auchencrosh</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balkissock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Balkissock (page does not exist)">Balkissock</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bargany&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bargany (page does not exist)">Bargany</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Barr,_Ayrshire" title="Barr, Ayrshire">Barr</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Colmonell" title="Colmonell">Colmonell</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Crosshill,_South_Ayrshire" title="Crosshill, South Ayrshire">Crosshill</a></dd> <dd><a 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href="/wiki/Carrick,_Cumnock_and_Doon_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Parliamentary seats (UK)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayrshire</a> (1708–1868)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/South_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Ayrshire</a> (1868–1983)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_Cumnock_and_Doon_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley</a> (1983–2005)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ayr,_Carrick_and_Cumnock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)">Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</a> (2005–)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galwegian_Gaelic" title="Galwegian Gaelic">Gaelic in Carrick and Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawney_Bean" title="Sawney Bean">Sawney Bean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Islands</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ailsa_Craig" title="Ailsa Craig">Ailsa Craig</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Lochs</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Craigdow_Loch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Craigdow Loch (page does not exist)">Craigdow Loch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loch_Bradan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loch Bradan (page does not exist)">Loch Bradan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Loch_Doon" title="Loch Doon">Loch Doon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Loch_Dornal" title="Loch Dornal">Loch Dornal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loch_Finloch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loch Finloch (page does not exist)">Loch Finloch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loch_Goosey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loch Goosey (page does not exist)">Loch Goosey</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loch_Spaig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loch Spaig (page does not exist)">Loch Spaig</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loch_Spallander&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loch Spallander (page does not exist)">Loch Spallander</a></dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Loch Spouts</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Rivers</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/River_Doon" title="River Doon">River Doon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/River_Stinchar" title="River Stinchar">River Stinchar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Water_of_App&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Water of App (page does not exist)">Water of App</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Water_of_Girvan" title="Water of Girvan">Water of Girvan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Water_of_Tig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Water of Tig (page does not exist)">Water of Tig</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Heritage sites</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Blairquhan_Castle" title="Blairquhan Castle">Blairquhan Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lendalfoot" title="Lendalfoot">Carleton Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Crossraguel_Abbey" title="Crossraguel Abbey">Crossraguel Abbey</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Culzean_Castle" title="Culzean Castle">Culzean Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dinvin_Motte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dinvin Motte (page does not exist)">Dinvin Motte</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dunduff_Castle" title="Dunduff Castle">Dunduff Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dunure_Castle" title="Dunure Castle">Dunure Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Glenapp_Castle" title="Glenapp Castle">Glenapp Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Greenan_Castle" title="Greenan Castle">Greenan Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kirkoswald_Parish_Church" title="Kirkoswald Parish Church">Kirkoswald Parish Church</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knockdolian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knockdolian (page does not exist)">Knockdolian</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maybole_Castle" title="Maybole Castle">Maybole Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maybole_Collegiate_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maybole Collegiate Church (page does not exist)">Maybole Collegiate Church</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Penkill_Castle" title="Penkill Castle">Penkill Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Turnberry_Castle" title="Turnberry Castle">Turnberry Castle</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>People</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Abbot_of_Crossraguel" title="Abbot of Crossraguel">Abbots of Crossraguel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Clan_Kennedy" title="Clan Kennedy">Clan Kennedy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Carrick" title="Earl of Carrick">Earls or mormaers of Carrick</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Ailsa" title="Marquess of Ailsa">Marquesses of Ailsa and their predecessors</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Girvan_F.C." title="Girvan F.C.">Girvan F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maybole_Juniors_F.C." title="Maybole Juniors F.C.">Maybole Juniors F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnberry_(golf_course)" title="Turnberry (golf course)">Turnberry golf course</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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