Stinchar, The, a salmon and trout river of Carrick, Ayrshire. It rises on the eastern border of Barr parish, and runs 29¾ miles north-westward and west-south-westward, through or along the borders of Barr, Colmonell, and Ballantrae parishes, till it falls into the Irish Sea, in the vicinity of the village of Ballantrae. Its principal affluents are the Dhuisk and the Tig. Its current, for the most part, is clear, broad, and shallow; but is subject to sudden and violent freshets.Ord. Sur., shs. 8, 7, 1863.
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