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Dichty or Dighty Water, a stream of S Forfarshire. Rising in four head-streams, among the Sidlaw Hills, in the W of Lundie parish, it runs 15 miles east-south-eastward through Auchterhouse, Mains and Strathmartine, Dundee, and Monifieth parishes; receives, within Dundee parish, the tribute of Fithie Water; and falls into the Firth of Tay 1¾ mile ENE of Broughty Ferry. It drives several mills in the middle and lower parts of its course, and is well stocked with trout.Ord. Sur., shs. 48,49,1868-65.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a stream" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
Administrative units: | Lundie ScoP Angus ScoCnty |
Place names: | DICHTY | DICHTY OR DIGHTY WATER | DIGHTY WATER |
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