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ETTRICK Ettrick Ph [Parish] (Continued, Continued Dumfries-shire and on the East by, a part of Yarrow & Roberton. Its surface is hilly and mountainous - The hills are beautifully rounded, and are almost all covered with rich green grass from top to bottom: Two or three indeed are spotted with heath, which only adds by its variety to the beauty of the scenery - Ettrick Pen, the highest of these, has been stated above the level of the sea at 2200 feet.
Wardlaw 1986, and old Ettrick Hill 1860 -

The Loch of the Lowes spreads itself at the northern boundary of the parish, through which the drain like stream which forms the Yarrow makes its way - This Lake is far inferior to St Mary's, which is only separated from it by a very narrow neck of land. St Mary's being about 3 miles long, half a mile broad, & from 28 to 30 fathoms in depth - while the Lowes is only 1 mile long, a quarter of a mile broad, and about 12 fathoms in depth while the Lowes is only 1 mile long, a quarter of a mile broad, and about 12 fathoms in depth

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Parish of Ettrick continued W Beatty

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