Dighty water

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Dighty water
The River Dighty - geograph.org.uk - 12141.jpg
Data
location Scotland
source on the slopes of the Sidlaw Hills
56 ° 30 ′ 14 "  N , 3 ° 3 ′ 45"  W
muzzle in Monifieth in the Firth of Tay coordinates: 56 ° 28 '30 "  N , 2 ° 50' 12"  W 56 ° 28 '30 "  N , 2 ° 50' 12"  W.

length 26 km

The Dighty Water is a river in the Scottish Council Areas Angus and Dundee . It is created by the successive confluence of four streams on the slopes of the Sidlaw Hills a few hundred meters north of Muirhead in Angus.

The Dighty Water runs in an east-southeast direction along its entire course. It first flows along the northern border of Dundees, under the A90 and then passes through the northern districts of Dundees. Along the north and east borders of Broughty Ferry and Barnhill and under the A92 , the Dighty Water in Monifieth turns abruptly for a few hundred meters to the south-west and flows into the Firth of Tay .

In the past, the Dighty Water was used to drive water wheels and cloth was bleached on its banks. Trout and also a few salmon lived in the river. Approximately at the level of the junction with the A92 the Dighty Waters were several hundred on the banks Mesolithic tools from flint found.

  • Mouth of the Dighty Water into the Firth of Tay

  • Weir at Dighty Water

Web links

Commons : Dighty Water  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dichty or Dighty Water. 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, p. 355.
  2. ^ Dighty Water. (Dighty Burn, Dichty Water or Dichty Burn). In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ^ Francis Douglas: A general description of the east coast of Scotland, from Edinburgh to Cullen. Printed for the author, by A. Weir, Paisley 1782, p. 45.
  4. ↑ Monifieth. In: John M. Wilson: Nelsons' hand-book to Scotland: for tourists. T. Nelson, London et al. 1860, p. 389 .
  5. ↑ Entry on Dighty Water  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)