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canoes were found, some distance from the crannog. The land had become marshy again by 1878 and the re-discovery at this time generated enough interest to spark an excavation; the site and
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series. The first bottling of the series, the "Lochlea Sowing
Edition (First Crop)" is announced for March 21, 2022. Lochlea announced the end of the four quarterly "Seasonal Releases" in April 2024. The distillery has also announced the release of its core release "Lochlea Our Barley" for summer 2022. At the beginning of 2023, the distillery released its first peaty whisky, the "Lochlea Ploughing Edition First Crop". The first cask strength Lochlea Whisky will be released on 31 March 2023.
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The farm released its first own whisky. It is called "Lochlea First
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had problems paying his rather high rent resulting in a successful court case against the landlord that used up his savings and contributed to his premature death in
February 1784. Burns is said to have roofed the barn himself and upon its demolition an engraved lintel from it was incorporated into
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on his estates in the mid-19th century, making
Millburn Mill, and its head of water, Lochlea, redundant, resulting in active attempts at drainage causing its demise circa 1840. The lands became part of the fields of Lochlea Farm. Adamson records that the loch was drained in 1839, during which two
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This artificial island was mainly visible in the summer months and lay about 75 yards from the southern bank of the loch. Despite its prominence during Robert Burns's time, he made no recorded reference to it. A wooden walkway ran to it from the south-east side of the loch. At least five dugout
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Lochlee, Fail Loch and
Tarbolton Loch are no longer so full of water as when they were required to supply water for the meal mills, and gave good skating and curling in a hard winter. They are now to a large extent drained away, but are still the haunt of snipe, goose, duck, and
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canoes were found near the crannog. The waters still contributed to the flow to Fail Mill that stood on the rivulet of the Water of Fail. This mill survived into the 20th century. Much of the surrounding lands in the area and those of
Lochlea originally belonged to the monks of
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Lochlea was one of three plains that were deliberately flooded in winter to provide water to power the mill that only worked in winter once the harvest was in. Lochlea Loch had an acreage of twenty and its small island was a breeding site for watefowl.
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The loch also recorded as 'Lochly', 'Lochlee' and 'Lochlie' may derive its name from 'Liath', Gaelic for the 'Grey Loch'. It was once much more extensive, and changes in the water level are indicated by the successive alterations identified within the site's crannog.
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Lochlea, Robert Burns used both versions, became his home in 1777 when his father William Burnes moved here from Mount Oliphant. The 130-acre farm and loch were owned by David McLure, an Ayr merchant. Burns moved to Mossgiel Farm near
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Blaeu's map of 1654 clearly shows the loch and indicates that it was somewhat smaller, less than half the size, of Fail Loch. Roy's map of 1747 shows the loch and indicates a 'Lochleehill'. Thomson records a 'Lochbar'.
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William Burnes had a verbal agreement in the early 1780s to pay rent on the mill dam, referring to the land covered by the loch. David McClure had not yet drained this land and therefore William disputed the payment.
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was born near Lochlea and went on to become a famous sculptor of Robert Burns and his contemporaries.
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learning flax processing. The farmland was very mossy and
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1291:. V. - II - Kyle. Edinburgh: J. Stillie.
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1195:Ayrshire. A Historical Guide
1193:Campbell, Thorbjørn (2003).
1303:Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire
1294:Shaw, James Edward (1953).
1177:Ayrshire Book of Burns-Lore
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1095:20 February
1019:"Our plans"
873:Lowe, p. 49
739:Google Maps
696:Blaeu's Map
365:The crannog
224:Settlements
178:Max. length
113: /
101:4°26′50.6″W
88:Coordinates
1341:Categories
951:4 February
929:4 February
536:References
524:James Thom
490:Burns met
186:Max. width
82:, Scotland
1233:565674985
708:Roy's Map
496:Tarbolton
480:Mauchline
473:Annabella
451:Mauleside
426:Mauchline
307:Fail Loch
252:Fail Loch
244:Tarbolton
228:Tarbolton
158:Mill Burn
76:Tarbolton
1051:11 March
1029:11 March
1003:13 April
977:13 April
723:Archived
720:NLS Maps
504:Failford
500:Failford
338:Drainage
298:thirlage
169:Scotland
72:Location
1158:Sources
402:Lochlea
351:Gilbert
280:History
271:⁄
256:crannog
240:Lochlie
236:Lochlea
215:Islands
35:Lochlea
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1121:24 May
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541:Notes
459:Dalry
455:Beith
353:grew
164:Basin
1275:ISBN
1260:ISBN
1245:ISBN
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