Volume contents
- 1 - Carbrach , Page 1 (start)
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- 86 - Carbrach , Page 86 (end)
- 87 - Carbrach , Title Page
- 88 - Carbrach , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAIRN [Quarry Stone] | Quarry Stone Quarry Stone Quarry Stone |
Revd [Reverend] William Ronald, Cabrach. Mr John Robertson Bodiebae. Mr Alexander Simpson, Elrick. |
051 | A flat stone nearly sunk into the ground, with a small pile of stones Collected on it, forming a boundary mark between the Parishes of Cabrach, and Kildrummy, at the South West Corner of the Buck. This Cairn was set up as a point on the Boundary between the lands of the Earl of Mar and the Duke of Gordon so far back as the beginning of the 16th Century, and the name "Quarry Stone" given to it, occurs in the deeds of the same date. It is evidently an antiquity. ["Duke of Gordon" above is corrected] - Must have been Earl of Huntly. Dukedom came into family 1684 - Marquis 1599. [Signed] EHC Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] |
| SNOWY SLACK | Snowy Slack Snowy Slack Snowy Slack |
Revd [Reverend] William Ronald, Cabrach. Mr John Robertson Bodiebae. Mr Alexander Simpson, Elrick. |
051 | A long narrow winding hollow, extending from Cookies-sheal Loch in a North Easterly direction for about a ΒΌ of a mile. Supposed to have taken its name on account of the snow laying for such a length of time. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Cabrach Parish
[Note under Cairn - Quarry Stone] - Adopted, agreeable to correspondence between Cap [Captain] Courtney & Cap [Captain] Parsons R.E. [Royal Engineers]
Feb: [February] & March 1867.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 11 - Parish of Cabrach, OS1/1/11
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Cabrach.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.