Nith

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Nith
The Nith a short distance from the mouth

The Nith a short distance from the mouth

Data
location East Ayrshire , Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland
River system Nith
Drain over Solway Firth  → Irish Sea
River basin district Solway Tweed XRBD
source On the slopes of Enoch Hill
55 ° 19 ′ 40 ″  N , 4 ° 17 ′ 8 ″  W.
Source height 425  m ASL
muzzle South of Dumfries in the Solway Firth Coordinates: 54 ° 56'59 "  N , 3 ° 32'7"  W 54 ° 56'59 "  N , 3 ° 32'7"  W.

length 112 km
Left tributaries Cample Water , Mennock Water , Crawick Water
Right tributaries Cluden Water , Kello Water , Afton Water , Euchan Water , Scaur Water

The Nith is a river in the Scottish Council Areas East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway and the historic counties of Ayrshire , Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire . He is eponymous for the historic province of Nithsdale .

course

The river has its source at a height of 425 m between the crests of Enoch Hill and Prickeny Hill . The source in East Ayrshire is about eight kilometers east of Dalmellington and southwest of New Cumnock . First flowing to the north, the Nith describes a wide semicircle before finally flowing south about ten kilometers south of Dumfries to open into a twelve kilometer long estuary . After 112 km it flows into the Solway Firth , which finally widens into a bay and merges into the Irish Sea .

The Nith flows through numerous localities and a few small towns. The most important are Kirkconnel , Sanquhar , Thornhill , Auldgirth and Dumfries. Francis Groome described the upper reaches of the Nith, which roams a swampy stretch of land, as extremely dreary in the late 19th century. There were no forests or meadows on the banks of the shallow, sluggish river. Only the lower course, lined with various historical buildings, would have scenic charm. Navigating the Nith estuary is tricky for boaters. The regional center Dumfries had an important inland port on the Nith during the industrialization period.

  • Upper course of the Nith

  • Estuary of the Nith

Tributaries

The Nith takes on numerous streams along its course. The most important left tributaries include the Cample Water near Thornhill, the Mennock Water near Mennock and the Crawick Water near Sanquhar. From the right lead at the Dumfries Cluden Water in Closeburn the Scaur Water in Sanquhar the Euchan Water in Kelloholm the Kello Water and New Cumnock the Afton Water a.

bridges

With the A75 , the A76 , the A702 , the A756 and the A780, in addition to numerous secondary roads, five trunk roads cross the Nith. Between New Cumnock and Dumfries, the course of the A76 largely follows the river and crosses it several times. Of the numerous bridges spanning the Nith, Thornhill's Nith Bridge , Auldgirth Bridge and Devorgilla Bridge are classified as monuments of the highest Scottish monument category A. The Nith Bridge at New Cumnock in New Cumnock has been classified in Category B.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Nith in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
  2. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .