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Loch o' th' Lowes (NS 60183 14581), Lochside〔 or Meikle Creoch Loch〔(Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland ) Retrieved : 2011-12-27〕 is a freshwater loch in the Parish of New Cumnock in the East Ayrshire Council Area, Scotland. One of three linked lochs, it is overlooked by the A76 road and is located in a glacial kettle hole. ==The loch== McMichael records that in wet weather the three lochs combined as one and suggests that until the trap dyke on the River Nith below Corsancone Hill wore down the Cum Loch covered the whole area as far as the watershed at Sannock Hill and had a shape and surface area similar to Loch Doon.〔McMichael, Page 86〕 Loch o' th' Lowes, in New Cumnock Parish, situated at the foot of Lowesmuir. A Middle English derivation of the name is suggested to be law, meaning 'low' or alternatively the name Lowes is derived from the personal name Lothus, brother of Urien of Rheged.〔(Place-names of New Cumnockl ) Retrieved : 2011-12-24〕 The 'Loch of Flames' has also been suggested.〔 Another derivation may be a duplication, the word itself being a form of 'loch'.〔Johnston, Page 207〕 A Loch of Lowes is located in the River Tay Basin near Perth and a Loch of the Lowes is found near Selkirk in the River Tweed basin. Lowes Loch in North Ayrshire is said to have derived its name from the Celtic for 'Hill'.〔(Antiquites. R. Love. ) Retrieved : 2011-12-26〕 The name Lochside is derived from the shooting lodge, now a hotel (2011), built by the Marquis of Bute.〔Love, Page 186〕 The 'Runner' is a deep and broad ditch that was dug many years back to link the three lochs of Lowes, Black, and Creoch.〔(Captain Number 2 ) Retrieved : 2011-12-27〕 ;Islets The 19th century OS maps indicated two islets, one small and close to the southern lochshore and the other larger and near the western lochshore. 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「Loch o' th' Lowes, New Cumnock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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