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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER DEE | River Dee River Dee River Dee Dee Water |
Robert Cruikshank Thomas Wishart John Broom Kirkcudbright Ainslies Map 1820 |
050 | [Situation] Running in a Southerly direction passing west of Kirkcudbright. A large River running out of "Loch Dee" on the Eastern side of the parish of Minnigaff and flowing in a Southerly direction forming the boundary line betwixt divers parishes to its influx with the "Solway Firth" about 4 miles below the burgh of Kirkcudbright. It is navigable at high tide for Ships of about 600 tons burden as far up as the town, and for Smaller craft of 60 or 80 tons to Tongland Bridge about 2 Miles above Kirkcudbright. The navigation is very safe there being no rocks or impediments. From the rise of the River of "Loch Dee" it meanders through a Moorish and Mossy soil till it joins a large expansion of the "Water of Ken" called "Loch Ken" The moors etc imparts a dark hue to its waters from which cause it is called the Black Water of Dee, and from Ken's confluence it changes its name and is called the River Dee to its influx with the sea. It forms one of the largest rivers in the South of Scotland, and is both rich in its landscape scenery and of its finny inhabitants, abounding with Salmon, Yellow Trout, Pike & Eels the former is remarkable for their dark colour and is much prized for their excellence, a description of Pearl is also found in the river, but is of no great value. About 7 miles below its junction with the Ken, in an Island on its centre stands "Threave Castle" once the strong hold of the Douglasses Lords of Galloway From Tongland Bridge to the douchs of Tongland is the far famed Tongland Fishery (of which See description), and about 1/4 of a mile below the Bridge it receives the Tarf Water where it is also the junction of the parishes of Twynholm Tongland & Kirkcudbright . Its course from Tongland Bridge to St. Mary's Isle is very crooked, and through a district of no less to be admired for its Scenery than its fertility, Its banks are studded with elegant dwelling houses, gardens, and pleasure grounds, with a good gravel foot path on the river bank from near Tongland Bridge to Kirkcudbright which forms a delightful promenade. - |
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