Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Broxburn

Broxburn, a rivulet of Haddingtonshire. It rises, in several head-streams, in the parts of Lammermuir adjacent to the sources of the Whitadder, and runs about 7 miles north-eastward, throughout Spott and Dunbar parishes, to the German Ocean at Broxmouth, 1¼ mile SE of Dunbar town. In part of its course it bears the name of Spott Water.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: East Lothian ScoCnty

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