{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox river | name = Kinnel Water | native_name = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location = On the southern edge of the Lowther Hills | source1_coordinates = {{coord|55|18|56|N|3|35|35|W}} | mouth_location = Northeast of Lochmaben in the River Annan | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|8|20|N|3|24|56|W|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Scotland | subdivision_type2 = Council area | subdivision_name2 = Dumfries and Galloway | length_km = 32 | length_ref = <ref name=scogaz>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst2943.html Eintrag im Gazetteer for Scotland]</ref> | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }}
The '''Kinnel Water''' is a river in the Scottish council area of Dumfries and Galloway, in the shire of Dumfriesshire.<ref name=scogaz/><ref name=glabsuhne>''Kinnel Water'' in: F. H. Groome: ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical.'', Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.</ref>
==History== The Kinnel Water rises on the southern edge of the Lowther Hills around {{convert|2|km}} north of the top of Queensberry near the border with the neighboring council area of South Lanarkshire. A source river flows from the River Clyde, which flows to the northwest, at a distance of around {{convert|400|m|abbr=on}}. After its upper course mainly follows a south-eastern direction through a hilly landscape, its course takes a southern direction after about {{convert|2|km}}. For a few kilometers, the A701 runs largely parallel to the left bank before crossing the river. Around {{convert|2|km}} northeast of Lochmaben it joins the River Annan, which subsequently flows into the Irish Sea via the Solway Firth. With a total length of around {{convert|32|km|abbr=on}}, the river overcomes a height of {{convert|402|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=glabsuhne/><ref name=scogaz/>
Several streams flow into the Kinnel Water on its course; there are no significant inflows other than the Water of Ae that flows into Templand. The Kinnel Water runs through a sparsely populated region, so that it affects few towns, of which Templand is the most populous.
==Structures== The Kinnel Bridge spans the river near Templand and is protected as a Category A monument. The three-arch stone bridge was built in 1723 and was expanded around 100 years later.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB9950|desc=Kinnel Bridge|cat=A|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> In Templand, the river also passes through the listed farmhouse Ross Mains.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB10353|desc=Ross Mains|cat=A|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> Next is upriver with Raehills House, a mansion of the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell near the right bank.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB9898|desc=Raehills House|cat=A|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>
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Category:Rivers of Dumfries and Galloway Category:Solway Firth basin