Devon (Forth)

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Devon
Outflow of the Devonian from the Upper Glendevon Reservoir

Outflow of the Devonian from the Upper Glendevon Reservoir

Data
location Scotland
River system Forth
Drain over Forth  → Firth of Forth
River basin district Scotland
source On the slopes of Blairdenon Hill
56 ° 11 ′ 30 ″  N , 3 ° 47 ′ 40 ″  W
Source height 548  m ASL
muzzle At Tullibody in the Forth coordinates: 56 ° 7 '17 "  N , 3 ° 51' 10"  W 56 ° 7 '17 "  N , 3 ° 51' 10"  W.

length 54 km
Reservoirs flowed through Castlehill Reservoir
Lower Glendevon Reservoir
Upper Glendevon Reservoir

The Devon is a river in the Scottish council area of Clackmannanshire . It rises at 548 m in the Ochil Hills on the slopes of Blairdenon Hill north of Alva .

For its first three kilometers, the Devonian flows primarily in a northerly direction, but then turns to the east. After a few kilometers it is dammed twice in the Upper and Lower Glendevon Reservoirs . At about 16 km the direction of the river gradually changes to the south and the Devon flows down through Glen Devon . Here it is dammed a third time in Castlehill Reservoir and finally reaches the Forth plain east of Yetts of Muckhart . There it turns abruptly to the west and runs south of the Hillfoots Villages to Menstrie , where it turns south and flows into the Forth after two kilometers and a total of 54 km near the Cambus whiskey distillery in Tullibody .

In January 2008, after extensive rainfall, the Devonian flooded its banks significantly and flooded the Hillfoots Villages. Insufficient drainage facilities were named as the cause. Measures to avoid further floods are discussed.

  • 2008 flood in Tillicoultry

  • Flooding in January 2011 at Menstrie

Web links

Commons : Devon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Devon, River. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ a b Devon. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 2: (Cor - Edn). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, pp. 353-354.
  3. ^ J. Perry: Wee County reels from flooding impact , BBC News, Feb. 13, 2008.
  4. ↑ Report of the Clackmannshire Council (DOC file; 51 kB)