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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Divie, a rivulet of Cromdale and Edinkillie parishes, Elginshire, rising, at an altitude of 1400 feet, on the E slope of Carn Bad na Caorach (1557 feet), 3 miles SE of Dava station, and thence running 12¼ miles north-north-westward, till, after receiving Dorbock Burn, it falls, near Relugas, into the river Findhorn. A capital trout stream, strictly preserved, it almost vies with the Findhorn in the wild and varied beauty of its scenery, and is subject to terrific freshets, that of Aug. 1829 doing damage at Dunphail to the extent of £5000. Near Edinkillie church the Divie is spanned by a viaduct of the Highland railway, which, measuring 500 feet in length of masonry, and comprising 315 feet of arching, rises to a maximum height of 170 feet above the ordinary level of the stream. Four battlemented towers command the approaches, which are gained by embankments containing 190,000 cubic yards of material.—Ord. Sur., sh. 84,1876. See chaps. v. -vii. of Sir Thomas Dick Lander's Moray Floods (Elgin, 1830; 3d ed. 1873).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a rivulet" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
| Administrative units: | Edinkillie ScoP Moray ScoCnty |
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