The estate policies of Cessnock and Carnell are shown to the west of the roughly circular loch.

[1] In 1857 the dwelling at Lochhouse is shown with a major ditch running down from the site of the loch and the stump of the original outflow and confluence with the Little Sorn Burn.

[2] The 1895 6" OS map shows a Lochhouse, abandoned by 1910 and now demolished, on the course of a major drain running down from the site of the loch down towards the Little Sorn Burn.

[3] The satellite image of ploughed fields shows anaerobic soil markings typical of loch beds, etc.

[4] The 1971 OS map indicates the remnants of the loch as an enclosed marshy area, probably that retained for curling, drained through ditches leading down to the Little Sorn Burn.