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Lochlea or Lochlie (pronounced 'Lochli') was situated in a low lying area between the farms and dwellings of Lochlea and Lochside in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch was natural, sitting in a hollow created by glaciation. The loch waters ultimately drained via Fail Loch, the Mill Burn, and the Water of Fail. It is well documented due to the presence of a crannog, excavated and documented circa 1878, and its association with the poet Robert Burns who lived here for several years whilst his father was the tenant.〔Arch Hist Coll, Page 30〕〔Love, Page 210〕 Lochlea lies two and a half miles north east of Tarbolton, and just over 3 miles northwest of Mauchline. ==History== The loch also recorded as 'Lochly',〔(Thomson's Map ) Retrieved : 2011-01-04〕 and 'Lochlie' may derive its name from 'Liath', Gaelic for the 'Grey Loch'.〔(Place Names in the Land o'Burns ) Retrieved: 2011-01-04〕 It was once much more extensive and changes in the water level are indicated by successive alterations identified within the site's crannog.〔Smith. Page 144〕 The Duke of Portland abolished thirlage in mid-19th century, making Millburn Mill, and its head of water, Lochlea, redundant,〔Paterson, Page 751〕〔Arch Hist Coll, Page 87〕 resulting in active attempts at drainage causing its demise circa 1840. The lands became part of the fields of Lochlea Farm.〔 Adamson records that the loch was drained in 1839, during which two canoes were near the crannog.〔Adamson, Page 104〕 The waters still contributed to the flow to Fail Mill that stood on the rivulet of the Water of Fail and survived into the 20th century. Much of the surrounding lands in the area and those Lochlea originally belonged to the monks from Fail Monastery.〔Paterson, V.II. Page 751〕 The natural drainage, the Mill Burn, was from the south-east corner, running into a narrow valley that ran eventually into Fail Loch.〔Arch Hist Coll, Page 86〕 William Muir was the tenant of the Mill of Fail at the time of Robert Burns.〔(The Book of Robert Burns. Accessed : 2010-07-02 )〕 Blaeu's map of 1654 clearly shows the loch and indicates that it was somewhat smaller, less than half the size, of Fail Loch.〔(Blaeu's Map ) Retrieved : 2011-01-04〕 Roy's map of 1747 shows the loch and indicates a 'Lochleehill'.〔(Roy's Map ) Retrieved : 2011-01-04〕 Thomson records a 'Lochbar'.〔 The early Ordnance Survey maps show the site as fully drained,〔(NLS Maps ) Retrieved : 2011-01-04〕 however drainage is now inadequate and the area is becoming re-established as a seasonal loch.〔(Google Maps ) Retrieved : 2011-01-04〕 Shaw relates in the 1950s that "''Lochlee, Fail Loch and Tarbolton Loch are no longer so full of water as when they were required to supply water for the meal mills, and gave good skating and curling in a hard winter. They are now to a large extent drained away, but are still the haunt of snipe, goose, duck, and swan''."〔Smith, Page 60〕 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「Lochlea, South Ayrshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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