Dighty Water
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Dighty Water
Image: © James Allan Taken: 9 Jul 2012
A stream flowing through Bridgefoot village. The Dighty provided power for grain mills from the 16th century. In the 17th century mills were used for the waulking of woollen cloth. There may have been more than fifty mills on the river during the 18th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.504724
Longitude
-3.013737