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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 Meikle Geal Charn] - Geal. Extreme Coldness, as of water in winter; frostiness. Jamieson
See Correspondence relating to this name [Initialled] J.C.

[Note beside Little Geal Charn] - Geal - White. plainly a Gaelic name, not Lowland Scotch
Carn - A heap. - often applied to hills.
See correspondence on sheet 50 [Initialled] J.C.
name is written to the same Hill. adjoining Sheet plan 50 but in the Parish of Glenbucket.

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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