Bowmont Water

The Bowmont Water forming a pool near Kirk Yetholm

Bowmont Water rises in a series of streams off the slopes of Cock Law in the Cheviot Hills; the Kingsseat Burn, the Kelsocleugh Burn and the Back Burn principally, all rising of the Roxburghshire side of the watershed formed by the long ridge of Windy Gyle and king's Seat which carries the Pennine Way and marks the boundary of Northumberland to the south. The streams unite at Cocklawfoot to become the Bowmont Water.

The Bowmont flows northwest then northwards through Roxburghshire, passing famrs and hamlets but no substantial village until it passes between Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm. Here it turns northeast and by Yetholm Mains and Shotton it enters Northumberland.

In Northumberland the Bowmont Water continues past Mindrum Mill and Mindrum Station where it turns eastward, to Thornington, and finally to Lanton Mill where it joins College Burn to form the River Glen.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bowmont Water)

• Location map: 55°34’16"N, 2°8’56"W
• Streetmap:NT907308
• Local Cycling Trails - Kelso
• Geograph File: Bowmont Water and Westnewton Burn
• Geograph File: Bowmont Water near Pawston

References

• Mercer and Tipping, R {J} and R (1988), 'Bowmont Valley, Roxburghshire', Univ Edinburgh Dept Archaeol Annu Rep, vol.34 Page 23, No.9.7

• RCAHMS record for Bowmont Valley, Bowmont Water
• RCAHMS record for Bowmont Water, Rig and Furrow