Water of Milk
The Water of Milk is a river in Dumfriesshire which has its origin in the burns running off the wooded slopes of Threep Hill in the same county and which becomes a substantial tributary of the River Annan.
The source of the Water of Milk is amongst the woodlands blanketing Ewe Hill (1,463 feet) and its subsidiary hill, Threep Hill. On the northern slope of these hills flows the River Esk, watering Eskdale, but the Water of Milk flows off the other way, south-southwest, its little dale followed by the local Crossdykes road to Paddockhole, where the B7068 joins the broadening river.
The river meanders westward past the Seven Brethren stone circle, then, picking up the Corrie Water and swinging south. It passes under the A74(M) and at once enters the estate of Castlemilk, then down to the tiny village of Kettleholm and through farmland until the Water of Milk enters the River Annan at Hoddom Mill (west of Ecclefechan).
There are no towns nor any substantial village on the course of the river.
