| Place-name: | Brockloch |
| Suggested Meaning: | ‘badger’s den’ |
| First element | Gaelic broclaich‘ badger’s den‘ |
| Blaeu Coila (1654): | Brokloc |
| OS Name Books (1855-57): | Brockloch |
| Location: | Ordnance Survey (1892-1960) |
| Other Early Forms: |
| Brokloche (1625), Brokloc (1654), Brochloch of Blarein (1706) |
The sheep farm of Brockloch sids on the north facing slope of Blarene hill between Blarene Burn and Connel Burn. In the 1706 Barony of Afton charter is appears as Brochloch of Blarein.
The Ordnance Survey Name Books (1855-57) entry reads –
A good farm house occupied by George Sloan the property of Mr. A Cunninghame, of Logan
George Sloan was the son of the late Alexander Sloan and Euphemia Park. The large family had moved here from Galston. The proprietor was William Allason Cunningham Esq. of Logan who had inherited Brockloch, one of the few remaining Gordon of Afton properties (Barony of Afton) in New Cumnock.
Brockloch is a relatively common place-name including three others in Ayrshire found in the Ordnance Survey Name Books in the parishes of Craigie, Girvan and Maybole.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| References |
| [1] Dictionary of the Scots Language| brock |
| Maps | |
| By Permission of National Library of Scotland | |
| https://maps.nls.uk/ | |
| Map 1 | Blaeu, Brokloc | |
| Map 2 | Ordnance Survey, Brockloch |
| Ordnance Survey Name Books |
| By Permission of Scotland’s Places |
| scotlandsplaces.gov.uk |
| Ayrshire OS Name Books (1855-57) Vol. 49| Brockloch |
