Jed Water
| Jed Water | |
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| File:The Jed Water - geograph.org.uk - 351405.jpg The Jed Water near Jedburgh | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Carlin Tooth |
| • location | 1 mile from England in the Cheviot Hills |
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| Mouth | Jedfoot Bridge |
• location | north of Jedburgh, Scotland |
| Length | 21.75 miles (35.00 km)[1] |
| Depth | |
| • minimum | 0.37 metres (1.2 ft)[2] |
| • maximum | 2.33 metres (7.6 ft) (exceptionally 3.5 metres (11 ft))[2] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | River Tweed |
The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Borders region of Scotland.
In total the Jed Water is over 21.75 miles (35.00 km) long and it falls 1,375 feet (0.419 km). It flows into the Teviot near Jedfoot Bridge (grid reference NT660243) two miles north of Jedburgh. Jed Water rises from a source on Carlin Tooth Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. in the Cheviot Hills where it is first known as Raven Burn.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]The river in past times was the main source of water for the monks living in Jedburgh Abbey. It also powered a watermill in the town of Jedburgh although this no longer exists. It gives its name to Jedburgh and Jedforest. In the 1800s it had trout in the river. The Ordnance gazetteer said Jed Water "in the parts immediately above the town of Jedburgh ... more of the elements of fine landscape than during a whole day's ride in the most favourite Scottish haunts of tourists."[1] The guide drew attention to the pure waters, the brisk currents, the steep landscapes and the contrasts which it thought picturesque.[1]
The name Jed is of obscure origin.[4] James has suggested that it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *wei(h1)- d- "a bend, something curved or twisted".[5] He also notes that Scots Gedde- in Jedburgh may have been adopted from Cumbric gwï:δ "a wood", and that the river name may be a back-formation.[5]
In 1787 James Hutton created modern geology when he discovered Hutton's Unconformity at Inchbonny, Jedburgh, in layers of sedimentary rock on the banks of the Jed Water.[6] He later wrote of how he "rejoiced at my good fortune in stumbling upon an object so interesting in the natural history of the earth, and which I had been long looking for in vain".[7]
Flooding
[edit | edit source]Jed Water is liable to flood, so the river levels are monitored near the old Canongate Bridge. The depth is usually between 0.37 metres (1.2 ft) and 2.33 metres (7.6 ft) metres deep but it has been as deep as 3.5 metres (11 ft) which it reached in January 2016.[2] In 2020 there was a problem when the flood defences in Jedburgh were breached by debris in one storm just before another storm hit. Luckily repairs were made and serious flooding was avoided.[8]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome and originally published in parts by Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh between 1882 and 1885.
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External links
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- RCAHMS record of the Jed Water
- SCRAN image: The Jed Water, winter 1961/2
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Jed Water
- Streetmap of the Jed Water
- GEOGRAPH: Mossburn Ford, Jed Water
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