Connell, a shallow loch in Kirkcolm parish, W Wigtownshire, 9 furlongs W of Loch Ryan, and 6 miles NNW of Stranraer. With an equal length and breadth of 3¼ furlongs, it sends off a burn, running 4 miles southward and eastward to Loch Ryan. On a hill (314 feet), 3 furlongs SE of the loch, are remains of a large cairn, Cairn Connell.

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