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The Blae Loch is a small freshwater loch situated in a hollow in a low lying area beneath Blaelochhead Hill in the Parish of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. == History == The loch is a natural feature, a post-glacial 'Kettle Hole' once of a greater extent, fed mainly by local springs, the Highgate Burn which itself arises as a spring near Little Highgate and field drainage. The loch is recorded in the placenames of Blaelochhead, Lochend, and Blaelochside. The name 'Blae' is Scots for 'dark, livid, or black'.〔(Scots Dictionary ) Retrieved : 2011-03-19〕 The first known description in circa 1604 gives the name as 'Blaa-loche' and states that ''quhen the firmament is moft ferene and cleir then its is palide and dead coloured contrair to all wther vn-corrupt and fueit vatters.〔Dobie, Page 96〕 A 'Bungle' in Scots is a “Big clod of earth turned up in harrowing.''〔 The New Statistical Account of 1845 refers to it as having been partially drained.〔The New Statistical Account, Page 572〕 In 1874 it was part of the estate of Hessilhead, owned by William Ralston-Patrick of Trearne.〔 In 2011 the loch ownership was owned shared between the owners of Blaelochhead Farm and Lochend House. The Bungle Burn outflow runs on down country, past the old mill site, Mossend and Tandlehill Farms, before making a confluence with the Lugton Water near the Bungleburn Bridge outside Burnhouse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blae Loch, Beith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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