GLENBUCK, a village, in the parish of Muirkirk,
district of Kyle, county of Ayr, 3| miles (N. E. by E.)
from Muirkirk; containing 237 inhabitants. This place,
which is situated in the extreme east of the parish, and
north of the high road from Muirkirk, was an appendage
to considerable iron-works, erected in 179-i by an
English company; but these works having been discontinued
in 1813, the village has since fallen greatly into
decay. The Ayr river flows at a short distance on the
south; and connected with it are two artificial lakes or
reservoirs, which were formed about 1802, by the Messrs.
Finlay, of Glasgow, to supply their cotton-factories at
Catrine in the parish of Sorn.