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LTTCHIE HOUSE
W by Inch. Its greatest length, from E to W, is 10
miles ; its breadth, from N to S, varies between 2g and
74 miles ; and its area is 33,798J acres, of which 1995J
are foreshore and 206j water. Drumpail Burn runs 2J-
miles north-eastward along the eastern part of the
northern boundary to Tarf Water, which itself winds
6J miles south-eastward along all the north-eastern
boundary. The Water of Luce first runs 7 furlongs ou
the boundary with New Luce, and then goes 3§ miles
south-south-eastward across the interior to the head of
Luce Bay ; and Piltanton Burn runs 4J miles eastward
along the Inch border and through the south-western
interior. White Loch (4§xlj furl.) and Dernaglar
Loch (3 J X 2 J furl.) are the largest of five small feature-
less lakes in the eastern half of the parish, since Castle
Loch (IJ X i mile) falls just within the Mochrum
boundary. Springs are numerous — perenn ial, limpid, an d
extremely cold. The coast, 11 J miles in extent, is mostly
fringed by a sandy beach, J mile in mean breadth ; hut
at Synniuess (Scand. ' Sueno's headland ') it rises steeply
to 231 feet above the sea. Some level lands lie ad-
jacent to that beach and to Luce Water, and the rest
of the surface is all tumulated, irregular, or hilly, its
chief elevations being Challoch Hill (484 feet), Barlock-
hart Fell (411), Knock Fell (513), and Craig Fell (538).
Greywacke, the predominant rock, lias been quarried ;
and the soil of the seaboard is sand, gravel, or clay, of
other low tracts is clay, loam, or moss, and on the
higher grounds is mostly light, dry, and stony. Nearly
tlu-ee-fourths of the entire area are in tillage ; rather
more than 300 acres are under wood ; and the rest is
either pastoral or waste. Antiquities, other than those
noticed under Glbnltjoe, Carseoreugh, Park Place,
and Synkikess, are remains of cairns and of a crannoge
in Barlockhart Loch, and the sites of two pre-Pveformation
chapels. Our Lady's and Kirk Christ. Mansions, each
with a separate article, are BALK.iiL, Craigenveooh,
Dhnraoit, and Genoch ; and 4 proprietors hold each
an annual value of £500 and upwards, 2 of between £100
and £500, and 12 of from £20 to £50. Old Luce is in
the presbytery of Stranraer and the synod of Galloway ;
the living is worth £213. Three churches are at Glen-
luce ; and three public schools — Drochduil, Glenluce
Academy, and Glen of Luce — with respective accommo-
dation for 120, 280, and 100 children, had (1882) an
average attendance of 56, 153, and 50, and grants of
£49, £148, Os. 6d., and £60, 5s. Valuation (1860)
£12,934, (1884) £18,933, 8s. 6d. Pop. (1801) 1221,
(1831) 2180, (1861) 2800, (1871) 2449, (1881) 2447.—
Ord. Sur., shs. 4, 3, 1857-56.
Luchie House. See Berwick, North.
Luckieslap, a viDage in the S of Forfarshire, 8 miles
NE of Dundee.
Lucklaw. See Balmullo and Inohlaw.
Lude. See Blair Athole.
Luffness, a mansion in Aberlady parish, Haddington-
shire, on the left side of Peffer Burn, near its influx to
Aberlady Bay, J mile NE of Aberlady village, and 3i
miles WNW of Drem Junction. An old irregular build'^
ing, with thick walls, tall chimneys, and crow-stepped
gables, it was once surrounded by a rampart and a ditch,
w-hich have left distinct remains, and was greatly im-
proved by the grandfather of the present proprietor,
Henry Walter Hope, Esq. (b. 1839 ; sue. 1863), who
holds 3201 acres in the shire, valued at £6908 per an-
num, and whose great-great-grandfather, the first Earl
of Hopetoun, bought the estate in 1739 for £8350.
Aberlady Bay long bore the name of Luffness Bay, and
figures under that name in old records as the port of
Haddington. The rampart and the ditch around Luff-
ness mansion were part of a fortification, constructed in
1549, to straiten the English garrison in Haddington,
by preventing it from receiving supplies by sea. — Ord.
Sar., sh. 33, 1863. See John Small's Castles and Mem-
sions of the Lothiaiis (Edinb. 1883).
Lugar, a village in Anchinleck parish, Kyle district,
Ayrshire, on the right bank of Lugar Water, near the
Muirkirk branch of the Glasgow and South-Western
railway, IJ mile ENE of Cumnock and 16 J miles SE of
LUICHART, LOCH
Kilmarnock. It was built chiefly for the accommodation
of the workers in its iron-works, which date from about
1845, and which have 4 blast furnaces. At it are a
post oflice under Cumnock, with money order, savings'
bank, and telegraph departments, a railway station, a
chapel of ease, and a school. Pop. (1861) 753, (1871)
1374, (1881) 1353.
Lugar Water, formed just above the towm by the con-
fluence of Gass and Glenmore Waters, winds 12| miles
westward and north-westward, past Cumnock town,
Dumfries House, Ochiltree village, and Anchinleck
House, and traces the boundary between Anchinleck
and ilauchline parishes on the right, and Old Cumnock,
Ochiltree, and Stair parishes on the left, till it falls into
the river Ayr at a point 1 J mile S by W of Mauchline
town. It exhibits great diversity and force of jjictur-
esqueness on its banks — sometimes deep ravines, wooded
to the top ; sometimes high mural precipices of rock, or
naked, overhanging, menacing crags ; sometimes gentle
slopes or undulating declivities, embellished with trees
and culture ; and sometimes a series of little green pen-
insulas. Between Lugar village and Cumnock town it
washes an almost isleted round hillock, called the Moat,
which commands an exquisite view of long reaches of its
picturesque and romantic banks ; and it is crossed, in
the same vicinity, by a viaduct of the Glasgow and
South-Western railway, 756 feet long and 150 high,
with 9 arches of 50 and 5 of 30 feet in span. At its
influx to the Ayr, in the eastern vicinity of the magni-
ficent grounds of Barskimming, it seems to have a
volume of water equal to that of the Ayr, so as to have
been designated by the poet Burns ' the stately Lugar ; '
and it once contained great abundance of yellow trout
and salmon, but is now a very indiff'erent angling stream.
—Ord. Sur., sh. 14, 1863.
Luggate Water, a rivulet of Stow parish, Edinburgh.
Formed by two small head-streams, which rise close to
the Peeblesshire border, it runs 4f miles south-eastward
to Gala Water, at a point 1 mile SS W of Stow village. It
is a cold hill stream, fed by many rills, subject to sudden
freshets, and containing great store of trout. Two old
castles stood on its banks, on spots | and If mile from
its influx to Gala Water ; and both of them have left
some remains. — Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.
Luggie Water, a rivulet of Lanarkshire and the de-
tached district of Dumbartonshire, flowing lOJ miles
westward and west-north-westward along the boundaries
or through the interior of Cumbernauld, New Monkland,
Cadder, and Kirkintilloch parishes, till it falls into
Kelvin Water at Kirkintilloch town. Except for a brief
distance in Kirkintilloch parish, where it possesses some
features of beauty, itisaduU, sluggish, ditch -like stream.
A local poet, however, has deemed it at once cheerful
and romantic, and has sung its supposed beauties in the
pretty \yxic oi Luggie-Side. — Ord. Stir,, sh. 31, 1867.
Lugton, a village in Dalkeith parish, Edinburghshire,
on the left bank of the North Esk, 'ih furlongs W by N
of the centre of Dalkeith town. Lugton barony, which
was annexed to Dalkeith parish so late as 1633, had
anciently a baronial fortalice, and belonged to a branch
of the family of Douglas, but was possessed in 1693 by
Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch. — Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
Lugton Junction. See Dunlop.
Lugton Water, a rivulet, partly of Renfrewshire, but
chiefly of Ayrshire. Issuing from Loch Libo (395 feet
above sea-level), it flows 14 J miles south-south-westward
along the boundaries of or through the parishes of Neil-
ston, Beith, Dunlop, Stewarton, and Kilwinning, till,
after traversing Eglinton Park, it falls into the Garnock
at a point 2J 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.
Luib, a station in Glendochart, Killin parish, Perth-
shire, on the Callander and Oban railway, 5| miles W of
Killin station. Here is a post and railway telegraph
office ; and 1 mile to the E is Luib Hotel. — Ord. Sur.,
sh. 46, 1872.
Luichaxt, Loch, a lake in Contin parish, Ross-shire,
563
W by Inch. Its greatest length, from E to W, is 10
miles ; its breadth, from N to S, varies between 2g and
74 miles ; and its area is 33,798J acres, of which 1995J
are foreshore and 206j water. Drumpail Burn runs 2J-
miles north-eastward along the eastern part of the
northern boundary to Tarf Water, which itself winds
6J miles south-eastward along all the north-eastern
boundary. The Water of Luce first runs 7 furlongs ou
the boundary with New Luce, and then goes 3§ miles
south-south-eastward across the interior to the head of
Luce Bay ; and Piltanton Burn runs 4J miles eastward
along the Inch border and through the south-western
interior. White Loch (4§xlj furl.) and Dernaglar
Loch (3 J X 2 J furl.) are the largest of five small feature-
less lakes in the eastern half of the parish, since Castle
Loch (IJ X i mile) falls just within the Mochrum
boundary. Springs are numerous — perenn ial, limpid, an d
extremely cold. The coast, 11 J miles in extent, is mostly
fringed by a sandy beach, J mile in mean breadth ; hut
at Synniuess (Scand. ' Sueno's headland ') it rises steeply
to 231 feet above the sea. Some level lands lie ad-
jacent to that beach and to Luce Water, and the rest
of the surface is all tumulated, irregular, or hilly, its
chief elevations being Challoch Hill (484 feet), Barlock-
hart Fell (411), Knock Fell (513), and Craig Fell (538).
Greywacke, the predominant rock, lias been quarried ;
and the soil of the seaboard is sand, gravel, or clay, of
other low tracts is clay, loam, or moss, and on the
higher grounds is mostly light, dry, and stony. Nearly
tlu-ee-fourths of the entire area are in tillage ; rather
more than 300 acres are under wood ; and the rest is
either pastoral or waste. Antiquities, other than those
noticed under Glbnltjoe, Carseoreugh, Park Place,
and Synkikess, are remains of cairns and of a crannoge
in Barlockhart Loch, and the sites of two pre-Pveformation
chapels. Our Lady's and Kirk Christ. Mansions, each
with a separate article, are BALK.iiL, Craigenveooh,
Dhnraoit, and Genoch ; and 4 proprietors hold each
an annual value of £500 and upwards, 2 of between £100
and £500, and 12 of from £20 to £50. Old Luce is in
the presbytery of Stranraer and the synod of Galloway ;
the living is worth £213. Three churches are at Glen-
luce ; and three public schools — Drochduil, Glenluce
Academy, and Glen of Luce — with respective accommo-
dation for 120, 280, and 100 children, had (1882) an
average attendance of 56, 153, and 50, and grants of
£49, £148, Os. 6d., and £60, 5s. Valuation (1860)
£12,934, (1884) £18,933, 8s. 6d. Pop. (1801) 1221,
(1831) 2180, (1861) 2800, (1871) 2449, (1881) 2447.—
Ord. Sur., shs. 4, 3, 1857-56.
Luchie House. See Berwick, North.
Luckieslap, a viDage in the S of Forfarshire, 8 miles
NE of Dundee.
Lucklaw. See Balmullo and Inohlaw.
Lude. See Blair Athole.
Luffness, a mansion in Aberlady parish, Haddington-
shire, on the left side of Peffer Burn, near its influx to
Aberlady Bay, J mile NE of Aberlady village, and 3i
miles WNW of Drem Junction. An old irregular build'^
ing, with thick walls, tall chimneys, and crow-stepped
gables, it was once surrounded by a rampart and a ditch,
w-hich have left distinct remains, and was greatly im-
proved by the grandfather of the present proprietor,
Henry Walter Hope, Esq. (b. 1839 ; sue. 1863), who
holds 3201 acres in the shire, valued at £6908 per an-
num, and whose great-great-grandfather, the first Earl
of Hopetoun, bought the estate in 1739 for £8350.
Aberlady Bay long bore the name of Luffness Bay, and
figures under that name in old records as the port of
Haddington. The rampart and the ditch around Luff-
ness mansion were part of a fortification, constructed in
1549, to straiten the English garrison in Haddington,
by preventing it from receiving supplies by sea. — Ord.
Sar., sh. 33, 1863. See John Small's Castles and Mem-
sions of the Lothiaiis (Edinb. 1883).
Lugar, a village in Anchinleck parish, Kyle district,
Ayrshire, on the right bank of Lugar Water, near the
Muirkirk branch of the Glasgow and South-Western
railway, IJ mile ENE of Cumnock and 16 J miles SE of
LUICHART, LOCH
Kilmarnock. It was built chiefly for the accommodation
of the workers in its iron-works, which date from about
1845, and which have 4 blast furnaces. At it are a
post oflice under Cumnock, with money order, savings'
bank, and telegraph departments, a railway station, a
chapel of ease, and a school. Pop. (1861) 753, (1871)
1374, (1881) 1353.
Lugar Water, formed just above the towm by the con-
fluence of Gass and Glenmore Waters, winds 12| miles
westward and north-westward, past Cumnock town,
Dumfries House, Ochiltree village, and Anchinleck
House, and traces the boundary between Anchinleck
and ilauchline parishes on the right, and Old Cumnock,
Ochiltree, and Stair parishes on the left, till it falls into
the river Ayr at a point 1 J mile S by W of Mauchline
town. It exhibits great diversity and force of jjictur-
esqueness on its banks — sometimes deep ravines, wooded
to the top ; sometimes high mural precipices of rock, or
naked, overhanging, menacing crags ; sometimes gentle
slopes or undulating declivities, embellished with trees
and culture ; and sometimes a series of little green pen-
insulas. Between Lugar village and Cumnock town it
washes an almost isleted round hillock, called the Moat,
which commands an exquisite view of long reaches of its
picturesque and romantic banks ; and it is crossed, in
the same vicinity, by a viaduct of the Glasgow and
South-Western railway, 756 feet long and 150 high,
with 9 arches of 50 and 5 of 30 feet in span. At its
influx to the Ayr, in the eastern vicinity of the magni-
ficent grounds of Barskimming, it seems to have a
volume of water equal to that of the Ayr, so as to have
been designated by the poet Burns ' the stately Lugar ; '
and it once contained great abundance of yellow trout
and salmon, but is now a very indiff'erent angling stream.
—Ord. Sur., sh. 14, 1863.
Luggate Water, a rivulet of Stow parish, Edinburgh.
Formed by two small head-streams, which rise close to
the Peeblesshire border, it runs 4f miles south-eastward
to Gala Water, at a point 1 mile SS W of Stow village. It
is a cold hill stream, fed by many rills, subject to sudden
freshets, and containing great store of trout. Two old
castles stood on its banks, on spots | and If mile from
its influx to Gala Water ; and both of them have left
some remains. — Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.
Luggie Water, a rivulet of Lanarkshire and the de-
tached district of Dumbartonshire, flowing lOJ miles
westward and west-north-westward along the boundaries
or through the interior of Cumbernauld, New Monkland,
Cadder, and Kirkintilloch parishes, till it falls into
Kelvin Water at Kirkintilloch town. Except for a brief
distance in Kirkintilloch parish, where it possesses some
features of beauty, itisaduU, sluggish, ditch -like stream.
A local poet, however, has deemed it at once cheerful
and romantic, and has sung its supposed beauties in the
pretty \yxic oi Luggie-Side. — Ord. Stir,, sh. 31, 1867.
Lugton, a village in Dalkeith parish, Edinburghshire,
on the left bank of the North Esk, 'ih furlongs W by N
of the centre of Dalkeith town. Lugton barony, which
was annexed to Dalkeith parish so late as 1633, had
anciently a baronial fortalice, and belonged to a branch
of the family of Douglas, but was possessed in 1693 by
Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch. — Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857.
Lugton Junction. See Dunlop.
Lugton Water, a rivulet, partly of Renfrewshire, but
chiefly of Ayrshire. Issuing from Loch Libo (395 feet
above sea-level), it flows 14 J miles south-south-westward
along the boundaries of or through the parishes of Neil-
ston, Beith, Dunlop, Stewarton, and Kilwinning, till,
after traversing Eglinton Park, it falls into the Garnock
at a point 2J 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.
Luib, a station in Glendochart, Killin parish, Perth-
shire, on the Callander and Oban railway, 5| miles W of
Killin station. Here is a post and railway telegraph
office ; and 1 mile to the E is Luib Hotel. — Ord. Sur.,
sh. 46, 1872.
Luichaxt, Loch, a lake in Contin parish, Ross-shire,
563
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