Summary
The Glenmuir Water is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland.The river rises high in the hills south of Muirkirk. On reaching Lugar the Glenmuir is joined by the Bellow Water and is renamed the Lugar Water. Ayrshire Rivers Trust monitor water quality for the river and visit annually.[1]
| Glenmuir Water | |
|---|---|
 The Water of Glenmuir at Dalblair Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Ayrshire |
| District | East Ayrshire |
| Towns/settlements | Dalblair Lugar |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Southern Uplands, East Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lugar |
• coordinates | 55°28′02″N 4°13′06″W / 55.4673°N 4.2184°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Ayr |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Guelt, Avisyard Burn |
| • right | Duncanziemere Burn |
Kyle Castle edit
At Dalblair [2] the river passes the remains of Kyle Castle. Now a ruin, the castle dates from the 15th Century.[3]
The Lugar Sill edit
Where the Glenmuir Water Water joins the Bellow Water the river passes through a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called The Lugar Sill.[4][5] The Lugar Sill is a geological feature which has been closely studied over many years. One of the many igneous rocks found in the sill is Lugarite,[6] an extremely rare rock found only at this locality.[7][8]
The Glenmuir Viaduct edit
A short distance upstream from the confluence with the Bellow Water the Glenmuir Water flows underneath the Glenmuir Viaduct. This is a now disused railway viaduct closed in 1964 which carried the Ayr to Muirkirk line.[9] The viaduct is B listed.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Ayrshire Rivers Trust | The Glenmuir Water – Fly-through video of this remote river".
- ^ "Dalblair from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
- ^ "Kyle Castle | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "Lugar Sill and Mauchline - an excursion - Earthwise". earthwise.bgs.ac.uk.
- ^ "SiteLink". sitelink.nature.scot.
- ^ John, James St (6 November 2020). "English: Lugarite from the Permian of Scotland. (~5.2 centimeters across at its widest)" – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ citation, SSSI (2 January 2008). "English: The Lugar Sill SSSI Citation" (PDF) – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "ALEX STREKEISEN-Lugarite-". www.alexstrekeisen.it.
- ^ "Viaducts UK - Glenmuir Viaduct". ukviaducts.com.
- ^ "RAILWAY VIADUCT, ROSEBANK. (LB967)". portal.historicenvironment.scot.
External links edit
- Ayrshire Rivers Trust