Kilmahew Burn is a small river,

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, that runs from the Kilmahew estate into the

Firth of Clyde The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the west coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles (it is 164 metres deep at its deepest). The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic ...

. It flows close by the ruins of Kilmahew Castle and St Peter's Seminary and passes through the town of

Cardross Cardross (Scottish Gaelic: ''Càrdainn Ros'') is a large village with a population of 2,194 (2011) in Scotland, on the north side of the Firth of Clyde, situated halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh. Cardross is in the historic geographical ...

. The bridge over it in Cardross that carries the main road is named Moore's Bridge and was built in 1688.

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