Fruid Water, an upland burn in Tweedsmuir parish, SW Peeblesshire, rising close to the Dumfriesshire border, at an altitude of 2500 feet, on the N side of Hartfell (2651). Thence it runs 8 miles north-north-westward, mainly along a beautiful glen, flanked by high green hills, till, after a total descent of 2626 feet, it falls into the Tweed 1¼ mile SSW of Tweedsmuir church. Vestiges of an ancient Border peel are on its right bank at Fruid farm, 3½ miles from its mouth - Ord. Sur., sh. 16, 1864.
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