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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.
Gloomingside, Cannel's, or Gannel Burn, a stream of Tillicoultry parish, Clackmannanshire, springing from Maddy Moss, on the NW shoulder of King's S. eat Hill, and running 1¾ mile south-south-westward, till, after a total descent of 1100 feet, it unites with Daiglen Burn to form the Burn of Tillicoultry, at a point ¾ mile N by W of the town. Its waters were thought to be deadly to trout owing to the presence of some mineral, till in 1833 Mr Archibald of Tillicoultry (then a boy of 14) fished it by accident one misty day, and was rewarded by a fine basketfull. For two or three years he and his brother-in-law, Mr John Ure, preserved the secret, and caught many a trout of from ¼ to ¾ lb.; but now the burn has been nearly fished to death, and is not a whit better than any of its neighbours.—Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
(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: | Tillicoultry ScoP Clackmannanshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | CANNELS | GANNEL BURN | GLOOMINGSIDE | GLOOMINGSIDE CANNELS OR GANNEL BURN |
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