Polharrow Burn
Polharrow Burn is a small watercourse in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland, which rises in Loch Harrow and flows towards St John's Town of Dalry before joining the Water of Ken.[1][2]
| Polharrow Burn | |
|---|---|
 The Polharrow Burn and Green House | |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom, Scotland |
| Region | Dumfries and Galloway |
| District | Kirkcudbrightshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Loch Harrow |
| • location | Knocknalling, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| • coordinates | 55°09′09″N 4°18′42″W |
| • elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Water of Ken |
• coordinates | 55°08′02″N 4°11′30″W |
• elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Length | 8.6 km (5.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Lumford Burn, Polcardie Burn |
| • right | Burnhead Burn, Largvey Burn, Crummy Burn |
It gives its name to a Scottish country dance by the cryptographer and Scottish country dance deviser Hugh Foss, which appeared in his Glendarroch Scottish Country Dance Collection in 1966. He published several volumes of these from his own impress, Glendarroch Press. He lived in his retirement at Glendarroch in St John's Town of Dalry and died in 1971.[3][4]
References
- "Polharrow Burn from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- "Walk of the week: Polhallow Bridge to Corserine". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- "Polharrow Burn". Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- McKay, Sinclair. Bletchley Park Brainteasers. Headline. ISBN 9781635061192. OCLC 1081423214.
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