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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 'Tolm Buirich']
The authorities have been indebted to their dictionaries for the word Tolm which is a Norse word, & if correct is the first of its sort I have met with in West Aberdeenshire
Tom Bùirich I wd [would] say
[Initialled] JMcD
The roaring Hill } Tolm. A hillock of a round form
The roaring Hill } Buireadh. Buirich. Buir. Wailing, loud weeping; a burst of grief, roaring, bellowing; a rutting. (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Corrie of Allt Reppachie']
Ràpach Noisy &c,
Rapachie probably a provincialism [hidden text]
it is pron [pronounced] [hidden text ]

[Note beside 'Carn Ealasaid']
Elizabeth's Cairn
[Authority] Ealasai[d][remaining text hidden by attached note is 'Elizabeth']

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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