# Dighty Burn
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{{Short description|River in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|image_caption=The Dighty Burn at [Claverhouse](/source/Claverhouse)
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|source1_location=[Sidlaw Hills](/source/Sidlaw_Hills)
|mouth=[Firth of Tay](/source/Firth_of_Tay)
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The '''Dighty Burn''', also known as '''Dighty Water''' or '''Dichty Water''',[{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory2717.html|title=Dighty Water |work=[Gazetteer for Scotland](/source/Gazetteer_for_Scotland) | accessdate=25 April 2018}}] is a [burn](/source/Burn_(landform)) or stream 20 kilometres (12 mi) in length that flows through the north and east of [Dundee](/source/Dundee), Scotland.
== Course ==
The burn forms to the west of Dundee as the Lundie Burn in the [Sidlaw Hills](/source/Sidlaw_Hills) then runs north of Piperdam and then into the northwest of Dundee through [Bridgefoot](/source/Bridgefoot%2C_Angus), Trottick, [Claverhouse](/source/Claverhouse), Mill o' Mains, [Fintry](/source/Fintry%2C_Dundee), [Douglas](/source/Douglas%2C_Dundee), Claypotts, under the [Seven Arches Viaduct](/source/Seven_Arches_Viaduct), and then between [Broughty Ferry](/source/Broughty_Ferry) and [Monifeith](/source/Monifieth) where it flows into the [Firth of Tay](/source/Firth_of_Tay),[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/trottickponds.pdf|title=Trottick Nature Reserve - Dundee City Council|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}]
In the past, the Dighty Water was used to power water wheels and cloth was bleached on its banks. Trout and a few salmon are found in the burn. Several hundred Mesolithic tools of flint were found on the banks of Dighty Water, approximately where the burn passes under the A92.
In 2013, Dighty Connect was formed, a group aiming to enhance green spaces situated around the burn through a mixture of conservation and cultural activities.
== Wildlife ==
There is much plant and animal life throughout the Dighty Burn. [Giant hogweed](/source/Heracleum_mantegazzianum) is commonly found as well as [seagulls](/source/Gull), [swan](/source/swan)s, [swallow](/source/swallow)s and [heron](/source/heron), as well as [roe deer](/source/roe_deer) can be found at the [Trottick Ponds](/source/Trottick_Mill_Ponds) nature reserve, which the Dighty Burn runs past.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/countryside-ranger-service/trottick-mill-ponds-local-nature-reserve|title=Trottick Mill Ponds Local Nature Reserve {{!}} Dundee City Council|website=www.dundeecity.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02}}]