Lugton Water, a rivulet, partly of Renfrewshire, but chiefly of Ayrshire. Issuing from Loch Libo (395 feet above sea-level), it flows 14 ¼ miles south-south-westward along the boundaries of or through the parishes of Neilston, Beith, Dunlop, Stewarton, and Kilwinning, till, after traversing Eglinton Park, it falls into the Garnock at a point 2 1/8 miles N by W of Irvine town. It once abounded with fresh-water trout and sea-trout, and was occasionally ascended by salmon, but now yields good sport only over the last 5 miles.Ord. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.
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