Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gighty

Gighty, a burn of Forfarshire, rising near Rossie Reformatory, and running 51/8 miles south-westward along the borders of Craig, Maryton, Lunan, Kinnell, and Inverkeilor parishes, till it falls into Lunan Water at a point 1¾ mile E of Friockheim. It drives several mills.—Ord. Sur., sh. 57, 1868.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a burn"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Angus County       Ross Shire County

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