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The Rule Water rises in [[Wauchope Forest]] and passes [[Hobkirk]], [[Bonchester Bridge]], [[Hallrule]], [[Abbotrule]], and [[Bedrule]] until it joins the [[River Teviot]] at [[Spittal-on-Rule]]. | The Rule Water rises in [[Wauchope Forest]] and passes [[Hobkirk]], [[Bonchester Bridge]], [[Hallrule]], [[Abbotrule]], and [[Bedrule]] until it joins the [[River Teviot]] at [[Spittal-on-Rule]]. | ||
It gives a name to Abbotrule, Bedrule, Spittal-on-Rule, | It gives a name to Abbotrule, Bedrule, Spittal-on-Rule, and other places along its course, and indirectly to [[Ruletownhead]] on a like-named burn a mile or so to the east. | ||
==Miscellany== | ==Miscellany== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:23, 23 December 2016
The Rule Water is a river wholly in Roxburghshire, and a tributary of the River Teviot.
The Rule Water rises in Wauchope Forest and passes Hobkirk, Bonchester Bridge, Hallrule, Abbotrule, and Bedrule until it joins the River Teviot at Spittal-on-Rule.
It gives a name to Abbotrule, Bedrule, Spittal-on-Rule, and other places along its course, and indirectly to Ruletownhead on a like-named burn a mile or so to the east.
Miscellany
A history of the Rule Water entitled "Rulewater and its People; An account of the Valley of the Rule and its Inhabitants" was published by George Tancred in 1907.[1]
Pictures
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Rule Water, Bonchester Bridge -
Rule Water at Hallrule -
Rule Water at Hobkirk church -
Rule Water at Hartshaugh
Outside links
- Map: 55.4830 -2.6500
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Rule Water
- RCAHMS record of Rule Water
- RCAHMS/Canmore record of Spital-on-Rule Bridge