Brown Loch, a quondam lake on the mutual border of Craigie, Mauchline, and Tarbolton parishes, Ayrshire, 2½ miles NNW of Mauchline. It covered about 60 acres, was frequented by wild duck and wild geese, and sent off water-power to drive two corn-mills; but it was shallow, and has been drained; and now its bottom is traversed by the Glasgow and South-Western railway, and presents to view well-cultivated fields.
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