Feugh, Water of, a stream of Aberdeen and Kincardine shires, rising, at an altitude of 1800 feet above sea-level, in the S of Birse parish, close to the Forfarshire border, 3 miles WNW of Mount Battock. Thence it winds 19¾ miles east-north-eastward either through or along the borders of Birse, Strachan, and Banchory-Ternan, till it falls into the Dee opposite Banchory village, after a total descent of 1640 feet. Its lowest reach is spanned by the Bridge of Fengh, and includes a romantic waterfall; its principal affluents are the Aan and the Dye, both separately noticed; and it is a capital trouting stream, containing also salmon in its lower waters.Ord. Sur., sh. 66, 1871.
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