OS1/20/137/13 | ScotlandsPlaces

List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
URR WATER	Urr Water	See Name Books for plans 25A D.G. &C	046	[Situation] Forming the boundary between the parish of Urr & Buittle A considerable Stream or burn having its source in Loch Urr and running in an Easterly direction to its influx with the Solway Frith, it receives in its course many tributaries all inconsiderable except Kirkgunzeon Lane which has a run of 10 or 11 Miles. The Urr with the exception of where it cut of a small portion of the parish of Urr, is throughout a boundary line, leaving Kirkpatrick Durham, Colvend and Urr on the East Balmaclellan, Parton Cross Michael and Buittle on the West, About 4 1/4 Miles before its influx with the Solway, it begins to expand into an estuary, and at its embouchure between Hestan Island and a Headland on the East, It has a breadth of nearly two miles, It is navigable to the Dub of Hass at Dalbeattie for considerable craft for 3 Miles above its incipient expansion or 7 miles above its embouchure. In Wet Seasons it abounds with Salmon of which considerable numbers are caught, but in dry seasons they can get little higher than the flow of the tide.

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Parish of Buittle

Description: 'To the Dub of Hass at Dalbeattie' has been written in a different hand in the Authority column, with an arrow to it.

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