[3] Otherwise surrounded by farmland, the south-west area has a few hectares of woodland adjoining the lochshore.

[4] Robert Gordon's map of circa 1636-52 marks the loch and Auchencloigh Castle nearby.,[5] located on the Taiglum Burn.

[11] The loch is part of Mauchline & Ballochmyle Angling Club; it holds some large rainbow, brown trout, and has some pike.

[1] Auchencloigh Castle or Auchincloigh Castle (NGR NS 4945 1666) is a ruined fortification in the vicinity of Belston Loch near the Burnton Burn, lying within the feudal lands of the Craufurd Clan, situated in the Parish of Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

[2] Early highways ran close to the loch, as indicated by names such as Glenconner, conaire being a Gaelic word for "path", and there is a farm called Rottenrow near to Glenconner, possibly derived from 'Route de Roi', or King's Highway.