Loch Brand or Loch of Boghall was a loch situated in a depression between the Grange Estate, Crummock, Hill of Beith Castle site and Boghall in the Parish of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch
The loch's site from near the ruins of Hill of Beith Castle
Access lane to Hill of Beith Castle ruins
The site of Loch Brand from near Boghall
Broadstone lies close to the small village of Gateside in North Ayrshire, Scotland about half a mile east of Beith in the old Barony of Giffen.
Loch Brand
…owned by the monks, however the Cuninghames had sold the castle and lands of Hill of Beith by the end of the 17th century. In around 1798 Hugh Brown of Broadstone purchased the lands of Hill of Beith Castle and part of the loch lands. The site is now represented by a low, marsh and reed covered area (less than 2…
Broadstone Hall near the site of the old castle
Broadstone Farm, previously known as Hillhead.
The old lane leading to the castle's site.
The Brisbane Aisle in the grounds of Largs Old Kirk bears an armorial device with mullets for the Shaw and annulets for the Montgomeries of Broadstone.