Loch Neldricken

Loch Neldricken is a loch in Gallowa til the sootheast o Merrick, sooth o Craig Neldricken, an wast o Craignaw. The loch is awmaist bisectit bi a lang promontory. It tuims via the short Mid Burn intae Loch Valley an syne via Gairland Burn doun tae Loch Trool. An inlat at the wastren end o the loch is merkit on maps as "Murder Hole" an featurs in Samuel Rutherford Crockett's beuk The Raiders. Houiver, the oreeginal Murder Hole wis a wall on the Glen Trool tae Straitoun road whaur the lykes o traivelers that haed been robbit an murthert wis plunkit, an Crockett muived the location for his beuk. The loch haes dree'd fae acidification bit haes rekivert tae some degree, wi the pH increasin fae aroond 4.4 in 1978 tae 5.4 in 2003.