Dour (rivier): ferskil tusken ferzjes
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Rigel 3:
De '''Dour''' is in lytse rivier yn it greefskip [[Kent]], yn [[Dover]], [[Ingelân]]. It flows from the villages of [[Temple Ewell]] and River, through the village of [[Kearsney, Kent|Kearsney]]. De stream is rûchwei 4 km lang.
It originally had a wide [[estuarium]] on the site of modern Dover
The Dour Estuary was then used as a port for [[Dubris|the Roman town]], as a natural harbour for the Roman fleet.
But this was silted up in the medieval period, necessitating the construction of various artificial harbours for Dover instead.
The river has been used since [[762]] to power various [[wettermûne]]n along its route. These included eight Corn Mills and five paper mills.
Other industries on the river included, iron foundries, seachmûnen (demolished) and a tannery (also converted).
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