Liddel Watter | |
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![]() Upper reaks o Liddel Watter | |
Basin | |
Main source | Peel Fell (Scottish side) near Saughtree, The Mairches, Scotland 55°17′17″N 2°35′31″W / 55.288185°N 2.591997°W |
The Liddel Watter is a river rinnin throu soothren Scotland an northren England, for muckle o its coorse formin the mairch atween the twa kintras, an wis umwhile ane o the boonds o the Debatable Launds.
The soorce o the Liddel Watter is aneath Peel Fell in Roxburghshire in The Mairches, whaur it is formt bi the meetin o Caddroun Burn. Womscleuch Burn, an Peel Burn. Suin efterwart, the young Liddel Watter is fed bi Dawston Burn near the veelage o Saughtree.
The river conteenas tae pick up tributarys (leetit ablo) as it follaes its soothwastren coorse, that taks it throu the veelage o Cowpshawholme (kent as Newcastleton an aw) to Kershopefuit, whaur the burn begins tae merk the Scots-English Mairch.
The Liddel Watter syne flowes intil the River Esk at Willae Puil, leukit ower bi the sconces o the umwhile castle o Liddel Strenth near Carwinley in Cumbria.