Bervie Water
| Bervie Water | |
|---|---|
 Bervie Water south of Allardice Castle | |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council | Aberdeenshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Drumtochty Forest |
| Mouth | North Sea |
• location | Inverbervie, Scotland |
• coordinates | 56°50′38″N 2°16′17″W / 56.84391°N 2.27130°W |
• elevation | 0ft |
| Length | 18.8 m (62 ft) |
Basin size | 50.7 square miles |
Bervie Water (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Bhiorbhaigh) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland which rises in the eastern Grampians in the Drumtochty Forest and flows in an s-shape across The Mearns to reach the North Sea at Inverbervie.[1]
The river is about 18.8 miles long, with the area of the basin being about 50.7 square miles.[2]
The source is at the Hill of Gothie, approximately 1527 ft above sea level, where it comes down from the Braes of Fordoun.[2][3] Approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream of the North Sea, the Bervie Water flows through the grounds of Allardice Castle.[4] The Bothenoth Burn (Burn of Healing) joins the Bervie Water to the east of Arbuthnott House. At Arbuthnott the river forms a steep-sided valley where gardens were laid out on the south-facing slope. It is a series of four terraces across which run diagonal intersecting grass paths.[5]
Near to where it flows into Bervie Bay, it is crossed by the Bervie Jubilee Bridge (1935) which carries the A92 into Inverbervie.[6] The bridge replaced the earlier single-arched masonry bridge built in 1799, which still survives adjacent to the north abutment.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Munro, David M.; Gittings, Bruce M.; Society, Royal Scottish Geographical (2006). Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-472466-9.
- 1 2 Board, Scotland Fishery (1894). Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. H.M. Stationery Office.
- ↑ Menzies, David Prentice (1894). The 'Red and White' Book of Menzies: The History of Clan Menzies and Its Chiefs. Banks & Company.
- ↑ Descriptive guide. Picturesque Stonehaven, by 'R'. 1899.
- ↑ "Arbuthnott House". Trove.scot. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Jubilee Bridge Inverbervie, alternative names Bervie Water; Inverbervie, the New Bridge, Bervie Jubilee Bridge | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
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