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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 38 - Parish of Glenbucket, OS1/1/38

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Parish of Glenbucket

[Note beside "Callamalish"] Cannot the meaning of Callamalish be ascertained?

[Note beside "Creag-na-gamhna"]
Gaun. The vulgar orthography of the ground or past. pr. [participle] of the v. [verb] to go, going; pron. [pronounced] long. (Jamieson)
not Lowland Scotch. Gaun appears to be a corruption of Gamhainn A steer, a young deer
Creag nan Gamhainn The Craig of the Steers or of young deers. no. it is the euphonic way of spelling the genitive singular. [Initialled] EHC
Is it not uncessary [unnecessary] to add Hill?

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 38 - Parish of Glenbucket, OS1/1/38

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Glenbucket.

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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