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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 19 - Parish of Crathie and Braemar, OS1/1/19

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Aberdeenshire
Parish of Glenmuick. Tullich & Glengairn

TOM A' CHATHA
I should say Tom a Cadha "Knoll of the pass" because it is near The Ca'
Strathdon & evidently there was a pass at the foot of these hills leading from Glengairn
to Strathdon. The road is marKed on both sides though there is a breaK on the boundary.
JMcD

[Faint pencil note] written according to local usage
Yes did he give the correct rendering
of it even according as now written?
["I do not ---"] what is meant by local usage
[----] is it correct or not?

ALLT RUIGH NA CUILEIGE
The form & meaning entirely depend on cuil being long or short.
cúileag, a fly, cùileag, a little recess or corner. I do not Know which is right.
neither do the natives. The name must stand as it is.
JMcD

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 19 - Parish of Crathie and Braemar, OS1/1/19

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Crathie and Braemar.

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.

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