Barr Water

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Barr Water
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Barr Water
Location
CountryScotland
RegionArgyll and Bute
PeninsulaKintyre
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 55°36′10″N5°35′21″W / 55.60278°N 5.58917°W / 55.60278; -5.58917
Mouth  
  location
Glenbarr
  coordinates
55°33′33″N05°42′38″W / 55.55917°N 5.71056°W / 55.55917; -5.71056

Barr Water is a westerly flowing river on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. Rising at the diminutive Loch Losgainn near the hill of Cruach Mhic-an t-Saoir, it initially flows south-southwestwards amongst conifer plantations before turning west-southwestwards to flow down Barr Glen to reach the sea at Glenbarr. [1]

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References

  1. Ordnance survey 1:50,000 scale Landranger map sheet no 68 South Kintyre