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The Lands and mansion house of
Galrigs were renamed 'Newfield' circa 1723 by Captain Lawrence Nugent who had fought at the Battle of Neufeldt (Newfield) in Germany, however Galrigside Farm retained its ancient name. No link between the draining of the Galrig Loch and the 'New Field' therefore seems
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once of a substantial extent, fed mainly by the
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The lands, variously known as 'Gariggis', 'Galriggis' and even 'Garrix', were held by a
William Wallace in 1578, later by the Craufurds, and in the 1860s by the well known Finnie family from Kilmarnock who were heavily involved in the coal industry.
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Agriculture of the County of Ayr; observations on the means of its improvement; drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture, and Internal Improvements, with Beautiful
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species) and constitutes poor quality grazing. The loch site still floods in winter. No open outflow is now present and the site shows evidence of drainage in the form of
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18:Old freshwater loch in South Ayrshire, Scotland
576:Dundonald. A Contribution to Parochial History
350:The south range of nearby Newfield Mains Farm.
630:. AA&NHS. Ayrshire Notes 42, Autumn 2011.
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312:Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton
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66:Location of Galrigs Loch, North Ayrshire
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118:55.576111; -4.581611
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500:Blaeu's Map
181:Max. length
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91:Coordinates
639:Categories
571:. Glasgow.
569:Engravings
432:References
189:Max. width
85:, Scotland
512:Roy's Map
226:Dundonald
79:Dundonald
404:See also
306:Drainage
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75:Location
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276:curling
236:History
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247:Juncus
437:Notes
261:Usage
167:Basin
617:ISBN
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130:Type
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