Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eagton or Eglin Lane

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.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a troutful stream"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Straiton Parish       Ayrshire County
Place names: EAGTON     |     EAGTON OR EGLIN LANE     |     EGLIN LANE

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