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Snipe Loch (NS385173) or Loch Snipe is a freshwater loch. It is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road next to Clocaird Farm in the Parish of Coylton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch lies to the north of Martnaham Loch, 5 miles (7 km) east of Ayr. ==History== Snipe Loch is a post-glacial 'Kettle Hole' fed by the outflow from Loch Fergus and its outflow running into Martnaham Loch.〔Love, Page 277〕 The early OS maps show a sluice on the outflow, allowing the water level to be controlled. The loch was fed by springs situated near the lane at Cloncaird Farm. The early OS maps show an arm of the loch running almost as far as the lane to old Glencaird (sic). ;Etymology The name could appropriately refer to the bird, snipe, ''Lymnocryptes minimus'', however in Scots the word can refer to a featureless place, lacking significant characteristics, something long and thin, or a boggy place.〔(Scots Dictionary ) Retrieved : 2011-06-20〕 In Scots the snipe is variously known as a "bluiter wheep, earn-bleater, heather-bleat, mire-snipe, or moss-bleater". Nearby Loch Fergus and Martnaham Loch are larger and have clear defining features such as castles, islands, etc. The farm was known as Glencaird on the early OS maps and Old Glencaird id now marked as Cloncaird Cottages. 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「Snipe Loch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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