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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] 123
Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Allt a' Choilich']
Cock Burn - Allt. A mountain stream.
Cock Burn - Coileach. A cock; A rill of water. (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Caochan a' Chàil']
Kail Burn - Caochan. A rivulet. An eddy of Air &c,
Kail Burn - Cal. Kail. Cabbage, colewort.

[Note beside 'Caochan na Leitire']
Burn at the side of the hill - Caochan. A rivulet. An eddy of Air &c,
Burn at the side of the hill - Leitir. The side of a Country or of a hill (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Tom a' Gharraidh']
Could scarcely be a garden here, Garaidh, Knoll of the den is more likely - but do not know accent. [Initialled] JMcD
Garrie - Garradh A garden, a wall, a dyke or mound
Tom. A round hillock or knoll &c
Garbh. Thick, not slender, rough, of unequal surface, Coarse, rough not fine. (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.

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