Rule Water

The Rule Water at Hobkirk

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.

Pictures

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  Rule Water, Bonchester Bridge
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  Rule Water at Hallrule
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  Rule Water at Hobkirk church
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  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