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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 'Cà Mòr']
? Ca where. &c.
More. Great. large. of great size -- The Big Cattle drive or grazing ground
Cadha mor "big pass" [Initialled] JMcD.

[Note beside 'Beinn a' Chruinnich']
'Beinn a' Chruinneach'
'Hill of the gathering' [Initialled] JMcD
Beinn, A hill,
Cruinnich. Gather, collect, assemble, (Gaelic)
The gathering Hill, but whether this name is derived from the gathering of the Clans or the gathering of the mist &c. on its summit cannot be satisfactorily ascertained.

It is a provisionalism to make a noun of the Cruinnich
Thus so participle of the verb Cruinnich, viz. Cruinneachadh is properly a noun but not Cruinnich

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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