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

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 116
Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Càrn Leitir na Cloiche']
Leitir. The side of a hill or of a country
Cloich and Cloiche. gen. [genitive] of cloch and clach
Cloichear. The rattle in the throat of a dying person. (Gaelic)
The gen. sing [genitive singular] is Cloiche The Dative sing [singular] is Cloich.

[Note beside 'Allt Cùil Chathaidh']
See notes [Initialled] JMcD
Allt. A mountain stream, a rill
Cul. The back of anything, the hinder part, not the front, the hair of the head; The back of the mountain.
Cathadh. winnowing, riddling, sifting; also a breach, a defile. Cadhadh. snow drift. snow driven about by the wind (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Ford of Cul Chatadh']
See notes [Initialled] JMcD

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.

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