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[[File:LinnOfDee-pjt.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Linn of Dee]] |
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In [[Scotland]] and northern England, a '''Linn''' is a geographical water feature, a watercourse that has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow (usually), steep-sided crevice ([[fracture (geology)|fracture]]) through which it runs. |
In [[Scotland]] and northern England, a '''Linn''' is a geographical water feature, a watercourse that has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow (usually), steep-sided crevice ([[fracture (geology)|fracture]]) through which it runs. |
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Revision as of 20:50, 8 September 2024
In Scotland and northern England, a Linn is a geographical water feature, a watercourse that has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow (usually), steep-sided crevice (fracture) through which it runs.
Typically one named after a river or area can have application even for more than one such feature.
The photograph of the Linn of Dee illustrates the attributes of a typical 'Linn'.
In Gordon (1925) the author describing a walk down Glen Avon in the Cairngorms mentions two Linns on the River Avon - first:
A couple of miles below Faindouran Lodge the A'an is spanned by a bridge. Here the river is narrow, with foaming rapids and deep pools where salmon lie of a September day. Beside the Linn, on the damp granite ledges ...
— Gordon (1925) (p61)
Second:
At the Linn beside Inchrory the A'an thundered through its rocky gorge. Before midsummer salmon and grilse reach the deep pools of the Linn ...
— Gordon (1925) (p62-63)
A linn may also refer to a waterfall or a pool at the foot of a waterfall,[1] with the derivation a confusion of Scots Gaelic linne (pool) and Old English hlynn (torrent).[1]
Sources
- Gordon, Seton (1925). The Cairngorm Hills Of Scotland. London, England.: Cassell and Company.
References
Gazetteer for Scotland "Glossary:L". Retrieved 2 January 2008. England's Rock Art - Roughting Linn, Northumberland
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