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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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[Note attached to previous page, p. 171]

[Page] 171a

Sh. [Sheet] 69. Cà Dubh Hill 1st [first] Col [Column] O.N.Bk [Ordnance Name Book]
Cadhadubh (in pencil.)
Cadha Dubh (Black pass) is good Gaelic
The description applies the name to a hill.
Cadu Hill would apply better as in
2nd [second] Col [Column] O.N.Bk [Ordnance Name Book]. I think the word Hill
added to many of the names a later creeping
in thro' [through] English speaking natives.
[Signed] Alexander McDonald 16.10.95 [1895]

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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