Hermitage Water
river in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of Liddel Water
The Hermitage Water is a river in Liddesdale, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Among its many feeder burns are Braidley Burn, Dinley Burn, Gorrenberry Burn and Twislehope Burn. The Water flows through the hamlets of Dinley and Gorrenberry, and through the village of Hermitage, and past Hermitage Castle. It continues past Toftholm where it meets the B6399, and passes Newlands, Longhaugh, Leahaugh and Redheugh. At Sandholm it joins the Liddel Water and the dismantled railway.
See also
Hermitage, Scottish Borders
Rivers of Scotland
List of places in the Scottish Borders
References
External links
CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Liddel Water - Hermitage Water
Scottish Borders Council: Paths around Newcastleton
Geograph image: Hermitage Water and Castle
Geograph image: Fence across the Hermitage Water at Gorrenberry
SCRAN image: Roy Map 07/2e:Area around the Head of Hermitage Water, in Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire
"The flood of July 25th 1983 on the Hermitage Water, Roxburghshire".
“Hermitage Water” enters the record as river in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of Liddel Water. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hermitage, Water and river can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5741859. Authority coordinates are 55.197, -2.794. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983.
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