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Lugar Water, the Glossary

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The Lugar Water, or River Lugar, is created by the confluence of the Bellow Water and the Glenmuir Water, just north of Lugar, both of which flow from the hills of the Southern Uplands in East Ayrshire, Scotland.[1]

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  1. 37 relations: Atlantic salmon, Ayrshire, Bello Mill, Brown trout, Carduelis, Charles III, Confluence, Cumnock, Dipper, Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, Eurasian chaffinch, Fish ladder, Gas lighting, Glaisnock Water, Glenmuir Water, John Adam (architect), Kingfisher, Lugar, East Ayrshire, Marquess of Bute, Mauchline, Ochiltree, Ochiltree Castle, East Ayrshire, Peden's Cave (Auchinbay), River Ayr, Sandstone, Scotland, Southern Uplands, The King's Foundation, Wallace's Cave, Auchinleck, Weir, Western yellow wagtail, White wagtail, William Murdoch, William Wallace, Woodroad Viaduct, Wren.

  2. Rivers of East Ayrshire

Atlantic salmon

The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is a historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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Bello Mill

Bello Mill (also spelt Bellow Mill) was a mill dating from the 18th century on the river called the Lugar Water, on the estate of James Boswell, Lord Auchinleck in Ayrshire, in Scotland.

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Brown trout

The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus Salmo, endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally as a game fish, even becoming one of the world's worst invasive species outside of its native range.

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Carduelis

The genus Carduelis is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.

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Cumnock

Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag) is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dipper

Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, so-called because of their bobbing or dipping movements.

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Dumfries House

Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire (Aest Ayrshire; Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland.

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Eurasian chaffinch

The Eurasian chaffinch, common chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family.

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Fish ladder

A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon, is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movements of potamodromous species.

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Gas lighting

Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, coal gas (town gas) or natural gas.

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Glaisnock Water

The Glaisnock Water is a tributary of the Lugar Water in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Lugar Water and Glaisnock Water are rivers of East Ayrshire.

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Glenmuir Water

The Glenmuir Water is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland.The river rises high in the hills south of Muirkirk. Lugar Water and Glenmuir Water are rivers of East Ayrshire.

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John Adam (architect)

John Adam (5 March 1721 – 25 June 1792) was a Scottish architect, building contractor and supervisor.

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Kingfisher

Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes.

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Lugar, East Ayrshire

Lugar is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland.

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Marquess of Bute

Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Mauchline

Mauchline (Maghlinn) is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Ochiltree

Ochiltree is a conservation village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, near Auchinleck and Cumnock.

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Ochiltree Castle, East Ayrshire

Ochiltree Castle (meaning: "the lofty dwelling-place") was a castle built on a promontory by the Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland across from Auchinleck Castle.

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Peden's Cave (Auchinbay)

Peden's Cave is at least partly artificial and is set into a craggy outcrop of red sandstone rocks overlooking the River Lugar just below the farm of Auchinbay in East Ayrshire, Scotland, close to the town of Ochiltree.

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River Ayr

The River Ayr (pronounced like air, Uisge Àir in Gaelic) is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland. Lugar Water and river Ayr are rivers of East Ayrshire.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Southern Uplands

The Southern Uplands (Na Monaidhean a Deas) are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Lowlands and the Highlands).

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The King's Foundation

The King's Foundation (formerly the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture until 2001, the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment until 2012, the Prince's Foundation for Building Community until 2018, and the Prince's Foundation until 2023) is an educational charity established in 1986 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to teach and demonstrate in practice those principles of traditional urban design and architecture which put people and the communities of which they are part at the centre of the design process.

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Wallace's Cave, Auchinleck

Wallace's Cave in the Lugar Gorge at Auchinleck in the Parish of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire is an 18th-century grotto, contemporary with Dr Johnson's Summerhouse which is also located on the Auchinleck Estate.

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Weir

A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.

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Western yellow wagtail

The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws.

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White wagtail

The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae, which also includes pipits and longclaws.

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William Murdoch

William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer.

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William Wallace

Sir William Wallace (Uilleam Uallas,; Norman French: William le Waleys; 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.

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Woodroad Viaduct

The Woodroad Viaduct, also known as Bank Viaduct or Templand Viaduct, is a viaduct carrying the Glasgow South Western Line over the Lugar Water at Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Wren

Wrens are a family of brown passerine birds in the predominantly New World family Troglodytidae.

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See also

Rivers of East Ayrshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugar_Water

Also known as River Lugar.