Water of Ken
Water of Ken | ||
The Water of Ken near St John's Town of Dalry |
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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 |
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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. |
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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.
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .