Watter o Fleet
| Fleet Valley National Scenic Area | |
|---|---|
 Fitbrig ower the Watter o Fleet | |
  Location within Dumfries an Gallowa | |
| Location | Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 54°49′N 4°15′W / 54.817°N 4.250°WCoordinates: 54°49′N 4°15′W / 54.817°N 4.250°W |
| Area | 59 km2 (23 sq mi)[1] |
| Established | 1981 |
| Govrenin body | Scots Naitural Heritage |
The Watter o Fleet is a river in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland, flowin intae Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth. Its twa tributarys is the Big Watter o Fleet that begins aroond Loch Grannoch, an the Little Watter o Fleet. The river flowes throu Gaithoose o Fleet afore meetin the sea.[2]
The Watter o Fleet rises on the slopes o Cairnsmore o Fleet, a 2329 fit heich hill that is designatit as a National Naitur Reserve.[3] Lawer doun, the Fleet Valley conteens the best exemples o upland aikwuid in Kirkcoubrieshire,[4] twa o thaim (Killiegowan Wuid an Carstramon Wuid) is designatit as Speicial Auries o Conservation.[3]
The lower airt o the aurie surroondin the Watter o Fleet is designatit as the Fleet Valley Scenic Area, ane o 40 sic auries in Scotland, that hae been define't sae as tae identify auries kenspeckle scenery an tae enshuir its pertection fae inappropriate development.[5] The Fleet Valley National Scenic Area (NSA) kivers 14,465.5 acre in tot, o whit 13,277 acre is on laund, wi a forder 1188.5 acre bein marine (ablo law tide level).[1] The coastal pairt o the NSA kivers the shoreline, islands, foreshore, an sea aurie o Fleet Bay atween Barlocco Isle and Ringdoo Pynt. Inland the NSA includes the toun o Gaithoose o Fleet, and laund on baith sides o the River Fleet for aboot 6 mile northwart.[6] The aurie represents a microcosm o Scotland, wi coastal scenery in the sooth, an a wilder laundskip o hills an muirs in the north. In atween thare is a slaw transeetion throu fermland an fields, wi a feck o drystane dykes an appen wuidland.[4]
The shoreline o Fleet Bay wis a fauvourite location for airtists fae the Kirkcoubrie Airtist's Colony.[4]
The Big Watter o Fleet is crosst bi a twinty-span viaduct that wis ance a pairt o the Portpatrick Railwey route.
Cardoness Castle is a weel-preservit 15t-century tour hoose juist ablo Gaithoose o Fleet, close til the pynt whaur the river begins tae braiden taewart Fleet Bay. It wis oreeginal awnt bi the MacCullochs o Myretoun. Thay abandont the castle in the late 17t century, follaein the execution o Sir Godfrey McCulloch for the murther o a Clan Gordon neebour. It is nou in the care o Historic Environment Scotland an is a schedule't moniment.[7]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "National Scenic Areas - Maps". SNH. 20 December 2010. Archived frae the original on 12 Juin 2018. Retrieved 24 Januar 2018.
- ↑ "About the Water of Fleet". Fish Pal. Archived frae the original on 6 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2014.
- ↑ a b "Sitelink - Map Search". Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 5 Mairch 2018.
- ↑ a b c "The special qualities of the National Scenic Areas" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. 2010. Retrieved 24 Januar 2018.
- ↑ "National Scenic Areas". Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 17 Januar 2018.
- ↑ "Map: Fleet Valley National Scenic Area" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. 20 December 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 18 Januar 2018. Retrieved 5 Mairch 2018.
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cardoness Castle (SM90058)". Retrieved 18 Apryle 2019.
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Fleet Valley NSA Management Strategy
Media relatit tae Water of Fleet at Wikimedia Commons
