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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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[Page] 50
Parish of Glenbucket & Strathdon

[Note beside 'Tomnagaur Hill']
In Glenbucket Parish

[Note beside 'Moss of Dhuchrie']
now spelt Deuchrie
Dubh choire, black corrie.
[Initialled] JMcD

[Note beside 'Raongeodha Hill']
Raon Geodhach?
? [Initialled] JMcD
Raon, A field or plain; A green; A road or way,
Geodha, A Creek or Cove formed by surrounding rocks. (Gaelic)
The field abounding in Geese

Transcriber's notes

TOMNAGAUR HILL, RAONGEODHA HILL: missing text due to fold of book is represented by [--] otherwise a suggestion is offered in squared brackets.

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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