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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 'Allt Easain']
[Upper Margin] Would not Easan be still nearer the sound?
Easan A little waterfall, thin gruel, &c,
"Allt Easain" The stream of the Little Cascade?
May it not be Burn of the "little waterfall? [Initialled] JMcD
R does not drop out.
Allt. A mountain stream; a rill, a brook
Tarsuinn. Across, transversly or obliquely; over from Side to Side (Gaelic)

[Note beside 'Tornagawn']
Torr nan Gamhainn pronounced nearly like Torr na' Gawn
The Steers' Hillock
? Torr na' Gamhann is very likely.
[Initialled] JMcD

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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