[2] Thomson's map of 1832 shows a single loch lying below Lows Farm and draining east into the Dusk water.

[3] OS maps of the 1850s do not indicate open water and a discreet clump of trees suggests a small island.

[4] The abandoned Rakerfield Farm lies above the site on the lower slopes of Brownmuir or Brimmer Hill.

Beith's annual fair, called Tennant's or Saint Tinnan's Day, was previously held on the Cuff Hill.

Dugald Semple, vegetarian and the Scottish Apostle of the simple life[9] lived at Davie's o'the Mill from the 1930s until around 1950, when it was a smallholding.

[11] The larger Lochlands Farm (NS378555) buildings lay closer to the road a little further back from the Lowes Loch.

A photograph of the early 1900s shows a substantial and unusual design for a farm building; L-shaped and 'Council House' like in appearance.

[12] The OS map shows that this later building had an orchard or ornamental garden and was more of a dwelling than a farm,[11] being occupied by a family who owned the Cunningham bus company in Paisley which became part of Western SMT.

In 1956 it is recorded that a Mr.Newall found a stone slab built into the ruin of Lochlands, presumably the more modern building, bearing a carved circle, 15ins in diameter, containing a simple cross with one arm extended to represent the shaft.

This ancient stone cross may relate to the nearby site of Kirklee Green with its obvious religious links.

It is marked on the 1858 OS map and was deepened and modified for use as a reservoir, with a sluice and filter bed, probably once serving The Cuff Farm below it.