500 THE FRESH-AVATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND 
Ken. — Succession of shallow rock-basins along the course of the 
Kirkcudbrightshire Dee and its main tributary the Ken. They lie 
across the strike of the Silurian greywackes and shales. 
Kennard. — Lies partly in drift and partly on rock. 
Kernsary. — Vol. n. Part L p. 239. 
KiLBiRNiE. — Ponded by drift and now much silted up. It is situated 
near the watershed in a valley open at both ends which formed an 
outlet for the Highland ice escaping from the Clyde valley. 
KiLCHERAN. — Rock-basin in limestone resting on schist, resembling Loch 
Fiart and Loch Baile a' Ghobhain already described. 
KiLCHOAN. — Small rock-basins in dark slates and epidiorites — the most 
southerly one is along a line of fault which brings down the Lorne 
volcanic rocks against the Craignish phyllites and limestones. 
KiLcoNQUHAR. — Kcttlc-hole in 100-ft. raised beach deposits. 
KiLLiN. — Valley rock -basin in schists. 
KiNDAR. — Small basin partly in Criffel granite and partly ponded by drift. 
KiNELLAN. — Partly in Middle Old Red Sandstone strata and partly in 
drift. 
KiNGHORN. — Reservoir. Hollow in drift. 
KiNORD. — Ponded by fluvio-glacial deposits. 
KiRBisTER. — Drift-dammed on Middle Old Red flagstones. 
Kirk. — Kettle hole in fluvio-glacial gravels ; one of the Lochmaben lochs. 
Kirk Dam. — Part of Loch Fad (Bute), separated from it by an artificial 
dam (see Loch Fad). 
Kirriereoch. — Ponded by drift resting on Silurian greywackes and 
shales. 
Knockie.— Partly a rock-basin and partly drift-dammed. 
Lagain, an (Shin basin). — Drift-dammed. 
Laggan (Lochy basin). — Rock-basin^ partly ponded by moraines and 
fluvio-glacial deposits. The loch is of special interest owing to its 
situation^ which is practically on the watershed between the Spean 
and a tributary of the Spey. In pre-glacial time the Spean pirated 
a large part of the Spey system^ and thus a through valley was 
established which became an outlet for a large volume of ice during 
the glacial period^ whereby the col was subjected to intense erosion. 
Loch Laggan is the remnant of the temporary ice-dammed lake 
whose limits are now defined by the 800-ft. parallel road^ the level 
of which was determined by the col between the Spean and the 
Spey, The river Pattack has silted up the upper part of Loch 
Laggan. 
Laghair, an. — Valley rock-basin in granulitic schists continuous with 
that of Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin, from which it is separated only by 
delta deposits (see Beinn a' Mheadhoin). 
Laide. — Ponded by drift. 
Laidon. — Shallow rock-basin in Rannoch Moor granite massif along 
line of shatter-belt. The Dubh Lochan is a very shallow expansion 
