The year was 1829, and in Scotland, there was a catastrophic
flood.Â According to a paper online at the website of Fettes
College, Edinburgh, Scotland, the Muckle Spate (large flood) of
1829, began on August 3, 1829 in northeast Scotland and was “the
most severe catastrophic flood in modern UK history.” It
extended across a large area of Scotland, from Inverness to
Montrose, and devastated homes and agriculture in the affected
areas. The Edinburgh Advertiser from August 11, 1829 provides
detailed coverage of some of the affected areas, including the
excerpt below: The Dee was first observed to increase about four
o’clock on Monday afternoon, and it continued to rise until
about eleven o’clock on Tuesday forenoon, when it remained
stationary for a few hours; after which, it began to recede with
considerable rapidity. In some places, it attained an elevation
of eleven feet above its ordinary level. . . The low grounds in
the vicinity of the river were completely inundated, and so
great, in some parts of its cou