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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] 157
Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Allt na Bruaich Ruaidhe']
Burn of the red bank [Initialled] JMcD
Allt. A mountain stream. A rivulet
Bruach. A hind: A bank: A country &c
Ruadh. A deer hind or roe
The Bank Burn frequented by deer

[Note beside 'Caochan a' Bhutha']
?C. na Both
Burn of the bothies [Initialled] JMcD
Caochan A rivulet
Buth. Buth Sheangan. An Ant-hill.
The Ant-hill Burn.
In the north Highlands Buth is an ant-hill otherwise it is a tent, a shop, or booth

[Note beside 'Eag Dhubh']
Dubh. Black.
Eag. A nick, hack, notch
The Black Cut or sneck in the hill.

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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