Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkton Burn

Kirkton Burn, a rivulet of Neilston parish, Renfrewshire, rising on the southern verge of the county, at an altitude of 750 feet, and running 4½ miles north-north-eastward till, after a descent of 600 feet, it falls into the Levern at Barrhead. It expands into two considerable reservoirs; and has on its banks, in the lower part of its course, several bleach-fields and other public works.—Ord. Sur., shs. 22, 30, 1865-66.


(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: Neilston ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty

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