Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Neldricken, Loch

Neldricken, Loch, an isleted lake (5½ x 2½ furl.; 1175 feet) in the NE of Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 16¾ miles NNE of Newton-Stewart. It lies among wild uplands; is almost cut in two by a peninsula; contains both pike and 2 lb. trout; and sends off a stream 1½ furlong south-south-westward to Loch Valley (8 x 1½ furl.; 1070 feet), out of which Gairland Burn goes 1¾ mile south-westward to Loch Trool.—Ord. Sur., sh. 8, 1863.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an isleted lake"   (ADL Feature Type: "lakes")
Administrative units: Minnigaff ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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