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

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[Page] 119
Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Corrie of Allt na Linne']
Lion. gen. [genitive] Lìn.
Allt. A mountain stream. A rivulet
Lion. Lint. flax (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Tobar Ruadh']
Tobar. A well or fountain; A source. origin.
Ruadh. Reddish, of a reddish colour; red haired; red, in general: dried, scorched.
Ruadh (Ruadh adj. [adjective]) a deer, hind, or roe. (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Allt Bad Mhic Griogair']
Allt. A mountain stream. A rivulet
Bad. A tuft, cluster, bunch, A tuft of hair, A thicket, a clump of trees, or shrubs; A groove.

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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