Water of Ken

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Water of Ken
The Water of Ken near St John's Town of Dalry

The Water of Ken near St John's Town of Dalry

Data
location Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland
River system Dee
Drain over Dee  → Solway Firth  → Irish Sea
source South of Blacklorg Hill
55 ° 18 ′ 14 ″  N , 4 ° 6 ′ 35 ″  W
Source height around  570  m ASL
muzzle In Loch Ken coordinates: 55 ° 3 ′ 17 "  N , 4 ° 7 ′ 40"  W 55 ° 3 ′ 17 "  N , 4 ° 7 ′ 40"  W.
Mouth height around  46  m ASL
Height difference around 524 m
Bottom slope around 11 ‰
length 46 km
Right tributaries Water of Deugh
Flowing lakes Earlstoun Loch , Loch Ken
Reservoirs flowed through Kendoon Hole , Carsfad Hole

The Water of Ken is a river in the Scottish council area Dumfries and Galloway , or the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire .

course

The river rises at a height of 570 m on the southern slopes of the Blacklorg Hills on the northern edge of Dumfries and Galloway just a few hundred meters southeast of the border with East Ayrshire . It flows mainly in a south-westerly direction. After about 20 km, the Water of Ken reaches the reservoir Kendoon Loch , where it receives its largest inflow with the Water of Deugh . A few kilometers to the south, the river reaches another reservoir with the Carsfad Loch . Two kilometers south it enters Earlstoun Loch . Between Earlstoun Loch and the mouth in Loch Ken , the Water of Ken passes St John's Town of Dalry, the largest settlement along its course through a sparsely populated region. The Dee , in which the Water of Ken rises , also flows into the elongated Loch Ken . With a mouth height of around 46 m, the 46 km long river overcomes a height difference of 524 m on its course.

Numerous streams flow into the Water of Ken along its course, but apart from the Water of Deugh it has no significant tributaries. It runs through a sparsely populated region, so that it affects few localities.

  • Upper reaches of the Water of Ken

  • Dam of the Earltouns Hole

Buildings

The Ken Bridge spans the river near New Galloway, a protected Category A monument. The five-arched stone bridge was built in 1824 based on a design by the important Scottish civil engineer John Rennie . Tower House Earlstoun Castle , built in the late 16th or early 17th century, is on the left bank of Ken near St John's Town of Dalry.

Web links

Commons : Water of Ken  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ken 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 .