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BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 
LOCHS OF THE STINCHAR BASIN. 
The river Stincliar, rising on Sballoch bill, about a mile west of tbe 
source of tbe Girvan, runs its whole course roughly parallel to that river, 
and entirely within tbe county of Ayr, entering tbe 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 
Duisk 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 dej^th 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. 
