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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 'Feith Well (Sulphurous)'] - ?Sròn na Crois-araich The hill of the Battlefield Cross. Is there any tradition of a battle here? Has there been a Cross or stone pillar put up here?
Fhea. Wet and Marshy

[Note beside 'Feith Bhait'] - I wd [would] say Feith Bhaite - drowned marsh or marshy burn it is not of importance however - final e often dropt [dropped] JMcD
Fhea Bhait.
The drowning morass
There is a misspelling of Feith A vein, a sinew, a fen, a bog, a morass &c
The word Feith is very often found applied to streams in the Highlands it was of very frequent occurence in Perthshire & other places. It being a vein of water literally speaking

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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