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- 225 - Strathdon , Title Page
- 226 - Strathdon , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| PARISH OF STRATHDON | Parish of Strathdon Continued | [continued from page 3] the appearance of an ordinary Burn. then augmented by the Vannick and other mountain streams. the most considerable of these are the Conry, Ernan, Carvy, Nochty, Deskry, and Bucket at the intersection of Glenbucket already noticed, the Kindy also on the eastern boundary of the Parish. Doune a short way above the confluence of the Nochty and Don there is a very remarkable abruptly conical mound about 60 feet in height from the bottom of the Ditch, 970 feet in circumference at the base & 562 feet at the top. It is of an oval form, and the flat Surface on the top measures about half an acre. It has been regularly fortified by a moat 16 feet deep and 26 feet wide at the bottom which has been supplied with Water by the stream Bardock. It has evidently been one of those gravelly eminences and probably the cutting of the Wet ditch and the more regular formation of the sides is all that is artificial about it. Its situation and figure pointed it out as a place on which to erect a stronghold. All around the top the foundations of buildings are visible. there is no account of this remnant of antiquity. Some vague tradition [continued on page 5] |
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Parish of Strathdon
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.