The River Nethy ( gd, Neithich / Abhainn Neithich) is a right bank tributary of the
River Spey
The River Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland. At it is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, as well as the second longest and fastest-flowing river in Scotland. It is important for salmon fishi ...
in northeast
Scotland
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. It rises as the Garbh Allt between
Cairn Gorm
Cairn Gorm ( gd, An Càrn Gorm) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of above sea level, Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the seventh-h ...
and
A' Chòinneach on the northern slopes of the
Cairngorms
The Cairngorms ( gd, Am Monadh Ruadh) are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park (the Cairngorms National Park) on 1 S ...
and flows northwards through Strath Nethy and into
Abernethy Forest. Passing through
Nethy Bridge where the
B970 road
B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated.
Zone 9 (3 digits)
Zone 9 (4 digits)
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crosses the river and gives its name to the village, the Nethy turns northwestward before entering the Spey at Broomhill. Numerous burns feed the Nethy, the most significant of which is the Dorback Burn which enters from its right bank a mile above Nethy Bridge.
Etymology
The name 'Nethy' may be either
Gaelic or pre-Gaelic in origin. It is considered to be cognate with the river names
Nidd (in North Yorkshire),
Nith (in Dumfries and Galloway) and
Neath (in South Wales) and arises from a supposed ''nido'' meaning 'gleaming'.
[Ross, D. 2001 ''Scottish Place-names'', Birlinn, Edinburgh]
References
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