Glenmuir Water

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
CountryScotland
RegionAyrshire
DistrictEast Ayrshire
Towns/settlementsDalblair Lugar
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouthern Uplands, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Mouth 
 • location
Lugar
 • coordinates
55°28′02″N 4°13′06″W
Basin features
River systemAyr
Tributaries 
 • leftGuelt, Avisyard Burn
 • rightDuncanziemere Burn

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]

References
  1. "Ayrshire Rivers Trust | The Glenmuir Water – Fly-through video of this remote river".
  2. "Dalblair from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
  3. "Kyle Castle | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
  4. "Lugar Sill and Mauchline - an excursion - Earthwise". earthwise.bgs.ac.uk.
  5. "SiteLink". sitelink.nature.scot.
  6. John, James St (6 November 2020). "English: Lugarite from the Permian of Scotland. (~5.2 centimeters across at its widest)" – via Wikimedia Commons.
  7. citation, SSSI (2 January 2008). "English: The Lugar Sill SSSI Citation" (PDF) – via Wikimedia Commons.
  8. "ALEX STREKEISEN-Lugarite-". www.alexstrekeisen.it.
  9. "Viaducts UK - Glenmuir Viaduct". ukviaducts.com.
  10. "RAILWAY VIADUCT, ROSEBANK. (LB967)". portal.historicenvironment.scot.
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