Buiston Loch
An occasional lake in Ayrshire, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buiston Loch (NS 416 433) (locally pronounced /ˈbɪstən/ BIST-ən),[1] also known as Buston, Biston and Mid Buiston, was situated in the mid-Ayrshire clayland at an altitude of 90 m OD. The loch was natural, sitting in a hollow created by glaciation. The loch waters drained via the Garrier Burn that joins the Bracken and Lochridge Burns before joining the River Irvine.
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Location | Kilmaurs and Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°39′32.4″N 4°31′12.3″W |
Type | Drained freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | Rainfall and runoff |
Primary outflows | Garrier Burn |
Catchment area | 800 by 1,700 m (2,600 by 5,600 ft) |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
Max. width | 250 m (820 ft) |
Surface area | 0.1475 km2 (0.0570 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 6 m (20 ft) |
Surface elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
Islands | One Crannog |
Settlements | Stewarton |
It has been drained since the early 18th century, and is now only visible as an often flooded surface depression in pastureland situated in a low-lying area close to the A735 road between the farms and dwellings of Lochside, Buistonend and Mid-Buiston in the Parishes of Kilmaurs and Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
It is well documented through the presence of a 2000 year old crannog, first excavated 1880-1 and then documented by Dr. Duncan McNaught, the Kilmaurs parochial schoolmaster.[2] Dr R. Munro and others.[3]