Biggar Water

(Biggar Burn)

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Biggar, The, a stream of Lanark and Peebles shires, rising in the NE of Biggar parish at an altitude of some 800 feet, and first, as Biggar Burn, flowing 6¾ south-westward, southward, and south-westward, along the Walston and Liberton boundaries, and through the interior past Biggar town. It next, as Biggar Water, flows 5 miles east-by-southward, parting Biggar and Skirling from Culter and Broughton, and traversing Broughton, till, at about 600 feet above sea-level, it falls into the Tweed, ¾ mile NNE of Drummelzier. Its lower course lies through an open vale; and at the point where it bends from southward to eastward, or 1½½ mile from the Clyde, it is joined by a rill that in times of high flood brings to it part of the waters of that river. Open to the public, it abounds in fine red-fleshed tront, averaging ¼ lb.

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