A viaduct carried the Stranraer-Glasgow railway over the Main Water of Luce. Down the river from the viaduct is a pool called Bloody Wheel where the Hays of
Castle of Park, near
Glenluce (Old Luce), and the Linns of Larg in the adjoining parish of
Inch, were said to have had a violent encounter centuries ago.
Archaeology The Caves of Kilhern, between 2,000 and 3,000 years old, are in south New Luce. Cairn na Gath ("cairn of the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chambered long cairn dating to the
Neolithic (later
Stone Age). At the south end there are remains of huts or enclosures. In addition, there are ancient
hut circles at
Lagafater, around 8 miles to the north of New Luce. Cairn Macneilie, north-west of Cruise, New Luce, is a Bronze Age round cairn, in diameter and high. There is another Cairn Macneilie at Inch Parks, by
Lochinch Castle in Inch Parish. They may have been named after a person who conducted archaeological excavations.
Forts Rev. George Wilson, in his
Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, lists forts in New Luce: • Cruise Back Fell, fort marked on the map as two cairns, 80 ft long, on the Fell of Cruise or High Galdenoch. • Gleniron Several fort with a cluster of green rings, and a large ditch and mote. •
Mid Gleniron •
Mid Gleniron tomb, where the long cairn had enclosed an earlier smaller one. • Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, double at the one end and with
hut circles. • Klashherne, two rings, and three more, not on O.S. map. • Balmurrie, ring with two hut circles. ==Gallery==