[2] Armstrong's map of 1775 clearly shows the loch close to the Strathaven to Galston toll road.

[4] Thomson's map of 1832 shows a Lochside and an East Lochgate with the outflow running into the Avon water.

[5] Loch Gate is recorded on the 1897 OS maps as a remnant, close to Lochgate Farm with only a small area (0.290 Acre) of open water[6] In the late 1880s it is recorded that the deep waters of Gate Loch (sic) had been drained.

Robert the Bruce encounter English forces, under Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.

On 10 May, Bruce's men dug a series of trenches, forcing the English towards boggy ground around Loch Gait, allowing the 500–600 Scots to repulse an army of 3000.