[1] In the 'Birds of Ayrshire and Wigton' of 1869, the Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is recorded to have once bred at Bruntwood Loch.

[4] The King consented in 1608 to a charter granting to George Campbell of Cesnock and Agnes Cunningham his wife, the "2 mercatarum of Bruntwode in the parish of Riccardton (sic)".

[5] Blaeu's map of 1654 from the original by Timothy Pont of circa 1604, shows the loch clearly, the dwelling of Lochend and Bruntwood, with a single inflow.

[10] The 1908 OS map no longer shows Lochend and indicates a deep drainage ditch at the site of the loch itself.

The 1895 6" OS map shows a deep drainage ditch below Bruntwood Mains, draining the waters of the old loch.

[13] The National Archives of Scotland hold records show that coal mines ran beneath the farm and lands of Bruntwood.

[15] Bruntwood House was a lairds dwelling and until the late eighteenth century the family of Moor or Muir were the owners.