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Glengaber Burn, a rivulet in the Megget section of Lyne parish, S Peeblesshire, rising at an altitude of 1800 feet, and running 2 5/8 miles south-by-eastward, till, after a descent of 910 feet, it falls into Megget Water, at a point 1 ¾ mile W of St Mary's Loch. It is flanked, on the left side, by Deer Law (2065 feet) and Broomy Law (1750); and it retains faint traces of ancient searches for gold, said to have not been altogether unsuccessful.Ord. Sur., sh. 16, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a rivulet" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
Administrative units: | Lyne ScoP Peebles Shire ScoCnty |
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