The Roman General Agricola held winter quarters in A.D.83 on the edge of Loch Ore, soon after his invasion of Britain and before proceeding to meet Calgacus at the battle of Mons Graupius.

[2] The original loch was drained in the 1790s when the landowner, Captain Park, attempted to improve the estate and extend cultivation.

The project was not a success and the land formerly occupied by the loch remained boggy and difficult to exploit commercially.

The loch gradually returned in the mid 20th century, during the period when Lochore Meadows was a coal mine, and the mineral railway serving the pithead became an embankment surrounded by water.

The loch is the training site of many sports teams, including the University of St Andrews Boat Club.