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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 9 - Parishes of Birse, Aboyne and Glentannar and Glenmuick, OS1/1/9

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Parish of Glenmuick, Aboyne & Glentanner

COIREBHRUACH
"Coire - A circular hollow surrounded with hills".
"Bruach - A bank, brink, border, a steep, a precipice, an edge, brim, a short ascent, a Small rising ground" (Gaelic)
"Corrie - A hollow between hills, or rather in a hill" (Jamieson)

FIR BURN
Bhruach, is the proper orthography, also the
anglicized pronunciation.

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 9 - Parishes of Birse, Aboyne and Glentannar and Glenmuick, OS1/1/9

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parishes of Birse, Aboyne and Glentannar, and Glenmuick.

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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