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Barry Burn

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Barry Burn, otherwise known as Pitairlie Burn is a minor river in Angus, Scotland. It rises in the eastern portion of the Sidlaw Hills and flows past Newbigging, through Barry and the western part of Carnoustie, before taking a meandering course through Carnoustie Golf Links. The burn passes (and is the power source for) Barry Mill, one of only two remaining water-powered mills in Scotland, now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

Flows through: United Kingdom.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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