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LOCHS OF THE STINCHAR BASIN. 



THE river Stinchar, rising on Shalloch hill, about a mile west of the 

 source of the Girvan, runs its whole course roughly parallel to that river, 

 and entirely within the county of Ayr, entering the Firth of Clyde a few 

 miles further south, at Ballantrae. There are only a few insignificant 

 lochs in the basin. The largest, Loch Linfern, near the source of the 

 river, could not be surveyed. The only loch surveyed, Drumlamford Loch, 

 is near the Wigtownshire border, on a tributary of the Stinchar, the 

 I)uisk burn. 



Drumlamford Loch (see Plate XXXVII.). A small round loch in 

 southern Ayrshire, 4 miles south-east of Barrhill station, amid moor and 

 partly cultivated land. Shore of peat and stones. It measures a quarter 

 of a mile in greatest diameter. A large island, on which are some trees, 

 divides the loch into two parts, the connecting channels being mere 

 ditches. The larger eastern portion has a depth of 26 feet, the very small 

 western portion a depth of 23 feet. The mean depth is 11 feet, the area 

 about 28 acres, and the volume of water 13 millions of cubic feet. The 

 outflow is by a ditch, leading by the Lavery burn and the Duisk burn into 

 the river Stinchar. The water is raised by a windmill, and supplies 

 Drumlamford house. 



The surface level is estimated at rather less than 450 feet above the 

 sea. 



