Kinnel Watter

The Kinnel Watter is a river in the Scots cooncil aurie o Dumfries an Gallowa, in the shire o Dumfriesshire.

Kinnel Watter
The Kinnel Watter, heidin sooth taewart the River Annan
Basin
Main source	On the soothern edge o the Lowther Hills 55°18′56″N 3°35′35″W
River mooth	Nor'east o Lochmaben in the River Annan 55°8′20″N 3°24′56″W
Pheesical chairacteristics
Lenth	32 km (20 mi)

History

The Kinnel Water rises on the soothren edge o the Lowther Hills aroond 1.25 mile north o the tap o Queensberry near the mairch wi the neebourin cooncil aurie o Sooth Lanrikshire. A soorce river flowes fae the River Clyde, that flowes tae the nor'wast, at a distance o aroond quarter mile. Efter its upper coorse mainly follaes a sooth-eastren direction throu a hilly laundskip, its coorse taks a soothren direction efter aboot 5.5 mile. For a wheen o miles, the A701 road rins lairgely parallel til the left bank afore crossin the river. Efter its unnerflowe haes led the Kinnel Water throu a innerly laund that it flowes aroond twa kilometres nor'east o Lochmaben in the River Annan, that eventually tuimt intil the Erse Sea via the Solway Firth. Wi a tot lenth o aroond 20 mile, the river owercomes a heicht o 1,302 fit.

A rowth o streams flowes intil the Kinnel Watter on its course, bit it haes nae signeeficant infaws ither nor the Watter o Ae that flowes intae Templand. The Kinnel Watter rins throu a sparse populatit aurie, sae that it affects no mony touns, o whit Templand is the maist populous.

Structurs

The Kinnel Brig spangs the river near Templand an is pertectit as a Categorie A moniment. The three-airch stane brig wis built in 1723 an wis wauxit aroond 100 year later. In Templand, the river passes throu the leetit fermtoun Ross Mains an aw. Neist is upriver wi Raehills House, a big hoose o the Yerl o Annandale an Hartfell near the richt bank.