Skip to main content

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 81 - Parish of Strathdon, OS1/1/81

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 105
Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Glas Thom']
The Grey Hillock {Glas. Grey; pale, wan
The Grey Hillock {Tom. A round hillock or knoll, A rising ground. An eminence (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Càrn Iain']
may be Carn Eun. Birds' Cairn [Initialled] JMcD
Iain. John. (John's Hill) (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Allt na Ciste']
The Burn chest {Allt. A mountain stream.
The Burn chest {Ciste. A chest; A box, A coffer, A coffin (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Crom Leitir']
The Crooked Hillside {Crom. Crooked, bent, curved, not straight.
The Crooked Hillside {Leiter. The side of a hill or of a country. (Gaelic)

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 81 - Parish of Strathdon, OS1/1/81

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

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.

View more volumes for Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county