Maich Water, a rivulet of Lochwinnoch parish, Renfrewshire, rising on Misty Law Muir at an altitude of 1250 feet, and running 5¼ miles south-south-eastward for the last 4 miles along the boundary with Kilbirnie parish, Ayrshire-till, after a total descent of 1145 feet, it falls into the N end of Kilbirnie Loch. It is mostly a moorland stream, traversing a deep channel, but occasionally fringed with copeswood.Ord. Sur., shs. 30, 22, 1866-65.
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