Kype Water, a rivulet of Avondale parish, W Lanarkshire, rising at an altitude of 1500 feet on Goodbush Hill, adjacent to the boundary with Ayrshire, and curving 8½ miles northward along the Lesmahagow and Stonehouse borders, till, after a total descent of 1020 feet, it falls into the Avon at a point 1 mile SE of Strathaven. In its upper reaches it traverses a bleak moorland district, and is subject to violent freshets; but, as it approaches the Avon, it assumes a more gentle character, though it makes a fine waterfall 50 feet in leap. Its left bank is flanked by Kypes Rig, culminating at a height of 1173 feet, 3¼ miles SSE of Strathaven.Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865.
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