Eagton or Eglin Lane, a troutful stream in the SE of Straiton parish, Ayrshire. Issuing from Loch Enoch (1650 feet), at the boundary with Kirkcudbrightshire, it runs 63/8 miles north-north-eastward to the head of Loch Doon (680 feet), and receives by the way the effluents of Lochs Macaterick and Riecawr.
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