Volume contents
- 1 - Auchindoir etc , Page 1 (start)
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- 200 - Auchindoir etc , Page 200 (end)
- 201 - Auchindoir etc , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEAD WIFE'S CAIRN | Dead Wife's Cairn Dead Wife's Cairn Dead Wife's Cairn |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald, Cabrach. Mr. Mitchell, Farmer, Whitehillock Mr. Murray, Farmer, Tolophin. |
042 | A cairn on the Southern Slope of the Corse of Laigh, forming a point on the Parish Boundary. Popular tradition assigns this Cairn as the tomb of a maiden, who belonged to Auchinleith, and who being attached to a neighbouring farmer's son, quarrelled with him and deliberately committed felo de se. Persons at that period being guilty of this crime; were not allowed by the laws of the Country to be interred in the Churchyard. The said maiden was carried here for interment. |
| STRIPE OF CLASHANDIAL | Stripe of Clashendial Stripe of Clashendial Stripe of Clashendial |
Mr. Mitchell, Farmer, Whitehillock Mr. Murray, Farmer, Tolophin Mr. Gordon, Farmer, Silverford |
042 | A small rivulet rising about two hundred yards North of the Dead Wife's Cairn & flowing for a few chains in a north easterly direction joins the Burn of Craig near to Tolophin. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
STRIPE OF CLASHANDIAL
Clas - A farrow
An - the
Dial. - Meaning" (Gaelic)
[Signed] R. Dickson S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 6 - Parish of Auchindoir and Kearn, OS1/1/6
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Auchindoir and Kearn.
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.