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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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Parish of Strathdon

[Note beside 'Càrndùbh']
Càrn Dubh
Dubh. Black, darkness (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Càrn Fiaclach']
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Càrn Fiaclach The notched or dented hill.
Carn feachlach (The fierce Cairn) probably from Fathach a Giant. Rev: [Reverend] Thomas McLaughlin, Edin [Edinburgh]

[Note beside 'Meikle Sgroilleach Hill']
Sgroilleach (Anything peeled or skinned) Rev: [Reverend] Thomas McLaughlin, Edinr. [Edinburgh]

[Note beside 'Moine Allt Dubh-Iasgan']
uisge [Initialled] JMcD
(Inverness Division Orthography)

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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