Glenmuir Water Explained

Glenmuir Water
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Scotland
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Ayrshire
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:East Ayrshire
Subdivision Type5:Towns/settlements
Subdivision Name5:Dalblair Lugar
Source1 Location:Southern Uplands, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Mouth Location:Lugar
Mouth Coordinates:55.4673°N -4.2184°W
River System:Ayr
Tributaries Left:Guelt, Avisyard Burn
Tributaries Right:Duncanziemere Burn

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]

Kyle Castle

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

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayrshire Rivers Trust | The Glenmuir Water – Fly-through video of this remote river.
  2. Web site: Dalblair from The Gazetteer for Scotland. www.scottish-places.info. 22 March 2021. 26 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220226130231/https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2894.html. live.
  3. Web site: Kyle Castle | Canmore. canmore.org.uk. 25 March 2021. 26 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220226112306/https://canmore.org.uk/site/44695/kyle-castle. live.
  4. Web site: Lugar Sill and Mauchline - an excursion - Earthwise. earthwise.bgs.ac.uk. 24 March 2021. 1 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301110152/http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Lugar_Sill_and_Mauchline_-_an_excursion. live.
  5. Web site: SiteLink. sitelink.nature.scot.
  6. Web site: English: Lugarite from the Permian of Scotland. (~5.2 centimeters across at its widest). James St. John. November 6, 2020. Wikimedia Commons.
  7. Web site: English: The Lugar Sill SSSI Citation. SSSI. citation. January 2, 2008. Wikimedia Commons.
  8. Web site: ALEX STREKEISEN-Lugarite-. www.alexstrekeisen.it. 24 March 2021. 15 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210615133302/https://www.alexstrekeisen.it/english/pluto/lugarite.php. live.
  9. Web site: Viaducts UK - Glenmuir Viaduct. ukviaducts.com.
  10. Web site: RAILWAY VIADUCT, ROSEBANK. (LB967). portal.historicenvironment.scot. 25 March 2021. 11 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210511235316/https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB967. live.

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