A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Evan Water, a stream of Lanark and Dumfries shires, rising in Crawford parish, close to the summit level (1012 feet) of the Caledonian railway, and so near Little Clydes Burn, the reputed head-stream of the Clyde, as now to receive a rill that formerly flowed to that river. Thence it runs 12¼ miles south-south-eastward through Crawford, Moffat, and Kirkpatrick-Juxta parishes, till it falls into Annan Water, opposite the influx of Moffat Water, and 2 miles SSE of Moffat town, at an altitude of 290 feet. With a rocky bed, and a rapid or impetuous current, it traverses a glen remarkable for affording transit both to the Glasgow and Carlisle road and to the Caledonian railway through an alpine precipitous range of the Southern Highlands. High up it is conveyed by an aqueduct across the line, and, soon reappearing far below, it afterwards is frequently crossed by the railway; whilst from head nearly to foot it is flanked by green mountains, rising to altitudes of 800 to 1800 feet above sea-level, yet rounded and comparatively soft in contour. Its glen possesses considerable amenity; contains, above Beattock, the ruined castle of Achincass; and opens there into the fine broad strath of Annandale.—Ord. Sur., sh. 16, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a stream" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
| Administrative units: | Crawford ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
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