- Carryduff River
The Carryduff River (Irish "Abhainn Cheathrú Aodha Dhuibh") is a minor river in
County Down ,Northern Ireland . It is not navigable.The river rises in
Killinure townland, in the boggy ground at the northern base ofOuley Hill (186 metres), and is fed by numerous drainage ditches as it passes through the farmland to the south of the town ofCarryduff . From here it passes beside Carryduff open reservoir and flows north down through a gap in theCastlereagh Hills , joining withPurdy's Burn , in to the Lagan valley, joining the River Lagan atMinnowburn .The original village of Carryduff grew up at the point where the routes south out of
Belfast toDownpatrick and Newcastle, and the east-west routes from Hillsborough to the head ofStrangford Lough , all met at the Carryduff River.The Carryduff River has been covered over and encased in a pipe for some of its stretch through the town.
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