that in 1648 John Porterfield succeeded his father as the male heir to the seventh part of the lands of Waterland including a seventh part of the corn mill. The mill stood on the Lugton Water near the Lugton or Waterland Spout (waterfall) and in 1857 was shown on the Ordnance Survey map as still in use although part of the detached ancillary buildings was a ruin. By 1897 the OS maps show that the whole complex was abandoned. Views in and around Lugton Lugton traditions and local history A local tradition was that an underground passage ran from the inn to Caldwell House, however a search by owners in the cellars never revealed any signs of a hidden passage. The village is celebrated in the songs of folk music group Nyah Fearties, whose members hail from Lugton. Near the hamlet is Lugton quarry, which features in many geology textbooks for its marine fossils preserved in the Carboniferous rock. James Richmond, aged 46, was killed when he was struck by a railway locomotive on 1 October 1870 on the line near the Lugton Viaduct. The Lugton Ridges were part of the Barony of Giffen in the Parish of Beith. One of these ridges also had the name of Deepstone. Halket or Hawkhead Loch, now drained, covered about and was drained in the 1840s. It is shown on the early maps of Ayrshire, such as Timothy Pont's map of 1604. Above it in 1820 was a dwelling with the unlikely name of 'Lions Den', possibly a corruption of 'Linn' as the farm of Linnhead is in the vicinity. References External links Video and commentary on Halket Loch and Craighead Law YouTube video of the old Lugton horse trough YouTube video of the Waterland Mill and Spout YouTube video of the Lugton or Waterland Spout Maps at the National Library of Scotland 1860 OS Maps Places called Lugton A Researcher's Guide to Local History terminology Buildings and structures in East Ayrshire Villages in East Ayrshire