as also witnessed by the names Grange Mill, Grange Loch, Grangeview, etc.

The place name 'Court Hill' close to the loch may recall the location of the Court Hill of the friars and later feudal lairds, suggesting that the loch may have served as the drowning pit for female criminals as part of the 'pit and gallows' powers of feudal law enforcement.The place name 'Kerse or Carse' in the Scots language refers to 'Low and fertile