Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Auchter

Auchter, a rivulet in the NE centre of Lanarkshire. It rises near Bontyhillock in Carluke parish; runs some distance along the boundary between Carluke and Cambusnethan; and pursues a serpentine course through the centre of Cambusnethan to the South Calder at Bridgend.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Carluke Parish       Lanarkshire County

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