River Annan
| River Annan (Scots Gaelic: Anainn) | |
| River | |
 River Annan road brig in Annan
| |
| Kintra | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Region | Dumfries an Gallowa |
| Coonties | Annandale, Dumfries an Gallowa |
| Ceety | Moffat |
| Soorce | Hart Fell, Moffat. Annanhead Hill, Devil's Beef Tub |
| - coordinates | 55°23′56″N 3°28′23″W / 55.399°N 3.473°W |
| Mooth | |
| - location | twa mile past Annan intil the Solway Firth |
| - coordinates | 54°58′0″N 3°16′0″W / 54.96667°N 3.26667°WCoordinates: 54°58′0″N 3°16′0″W / 54.96667°N 3.26667°W |
| Basin | 950 km2 (367 sq mi) |
The River Annan (Scots Gaelic: Abhainn Anann is a river in Dumfries an Gallowa in soothwast Scotland. It rises on Annanheid Hill an flowes throu the Deil's Beef Tub, Moffat, an Lockerbie, reakin the sea at Annan.
Name
[eedit | eedit soorce]The etymology o the River Annan isna kent, awtho some soorces suggest it micht mean simple "watter", fae a Celtic leid. It gied its name tae Annandale, an umwhile stewartry kiverin a lairge pairt o modren Dumfriesshire, an til the port toun o Annan near its mooth.
Descrivin
[eedit | eedit soorce]The River Annan rises on Annanheid Hill, 5 mile north o Moffat, near the soorce o the Watter o Tweid (aboot 1.2 mile awa),[1] an close an aw til the soorce o the River Clyde (6.5 mile awa).[2] It syne flowes throu the Deil's Beef Tub whaur it is jynt bi a seicont soorce that rises on Hartfell. It syne flowes past the touns o Moffat and Lockerbie. Twa mile oot o Moffat, it is jynt bi the Moffat Watter flowin wastwart fae Loch Skene an the Evan Watter flowin eastwart fae the upper airt o Lanrikshire.[1] Ablo this, it is jynt by the Kennel Watter fae the wast an the Dryfe Watter fae the east.[1] It reaks the sea 2 mile past the port o Annan.
In popular cultur
[eedit | eedit soorce]The River Annan maks several appearances in fowk sangs fae the Mairches, an in maist o the sangs it appears as a ill-gien force, drounin thaim that say attempt tae cross it. Ane o the maist weel recordit is Annan Waters (Child ballant 215). Versions o this sang hae been recordit bi airtists includin Nic Jones[3] an Kate Rusby. In the online comics Gunnerkrigg Court, the Annan Waters is a river separatin the Coort fae the Gillitie Forest, an merks the separation awtwen technology/science an magic/naitur.
The Portland baund The Decemberists recordit a sang cawed Annan Water on thair 2009 "fowk operae" concept album, The Hazards of Love (Capitol Recoroes/Rough Trade Records).[4]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c EB (1878).
- ↑ The Tweed: Take a trip on a river flowing with history Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent, 21 April 2007
- ↑ "Child Ballads - Appendix". Retrieved 21 Februar 2017.
- ↑ "The Decemberists". Archived frae the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 21 Februar 2017.
References
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Baynes, T.S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 61 Cite has empty unkent parameters: |1=and|coauthors=(help)
Forder readin
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), , Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 63 Cite has empty unkent parameters:
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